Studies on the Haggadah from the Teachings of Nechama Leibowitz
Before her death in 1997, Nechama Leibowitz was perhaps the best-known Bible teacher in Israel, if not the world. Her terse essays on the Five Books of Moses, always followed by questions for the reader to unravel, drew on the classic rabbinic commentators as well as modern trends in literary criticism and linguistics. She was no liberal, but she invited a wide-open discussion of text across religious and ideological boundaries and remained throughout her life a role model for Jewish educators, especially women.In Studies on the Haggadah: From the Teachings of Nechama Leibowitz, editors Yitshak Reiner and Shmuel Peerless have distilled Leibowitz's teachings on all aspects of the Seder observance, from the four cups of wine to the bitter herbs. The full text of the Haggada is included, but the book will be most useful in the hands of a good Seder leader, who can offer up Leibowitz's insights and challenge the guests to find new meanings in passages they have read - or, more likely, skimmed - dozens of times. --Andrew Silow-Carroll, ForwardLike a key that unlocks the door to a room of buried treasure, Haggadat Nechama enables the reader to touch, as if holding in her hand, newer, more shining and beautiful jewels of understanding into the paradigmatic learning experience we call the Passover Seder. --Mordechai Ben-Dat, The Canadian Jewish NewsThe learned market segment which traditionally leans to Artscroll has other options to expand their Seder fare. Studies on the Haggadah from the teachings of Nechama Leibowitz draws from Leibowitz's classic chumash studies to provide new insights. --Deborah Stone, Australian Jewish News