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Hagode Shel Peysekh: in a Socialist Mode (2025) by Shlomo Jack Enkin Lews is a full Yiddish transcription and English translation of the 1919 edition of a Bundist haggadah. The initial version of this haggadah was written in 1886 in London for the socialist newspaper Arbeyter fraynd. The authors were the activists Leon Zolotkof (1866-1938) and Benjamin Feigenbaum (1860โ1932), who wrote together under the pseudonym โDer Nayer Velt-Magidโ (The New World-Preacher). Their haggadah was released in Vilna and printed by the famous โRomโ printing-house in the year 1887. The same version was later printed in London by the Arbeter fraynd in 1888. A second, highly modified, version was printed about ten years later in 1896 by the โโFarvaltungs-ratโ fun broshurn fun di yidish shprekhendike sektsyonen S.A.P. fun nord-amerikeโ in New York City. The 1896 version is ideologically quite different from the 1886 version (in general less militant), and includes many wholly original sections, including the entire โsocialist Hallelโ section. It is this 1896 version that was โreleased in America,โ and that forms the basis of the 1919 version. In the year 1900 in Geneva, Switzerland, the โAlgemeyner yidisher arbeter-bund in rusland un poylnโ released a version of this Haggadah based on the New York text with small modifications and additions, most of which make it into this 1919 version. Finally, in 1910 and in 1919, in Krakรณw-Podgรณrze, the โSotsyaldemokratโ (evidently an organ of the โYidisher sotsyal-demokratisher partey in galitsyen,โ known as the โGalician Bundโ), published two versions based on the Bundโs 1900 Haggadah, with several modifications. The latter of these two versions is the version that has been transcribed and translated in full by Shlomo Jack here. (They are currently working on translating the major portions of the 1886/8 and 1900 versions that did not make it into the 1919 edition.)
The translation was completed in April 2025, after having begun a few years prior. The work was partially funded by the Foundation for Yiddish Culture in Montreal, on the condition that the translator would add an introduction and release the work under a Creative Commons libre Open Access license. Shlomo Jack adds, “I suggest this for fun, inspiration, and liturgical use. I am purposefully uploading this in time for May Day / international Labour day.”
Source (Yiddish) Translation (English)
ืืขืจ ืืึธืืืงืขืจ ืคืึทืจืึธืืืฉืขืจ ืคืืจืืฉ ืืืืฃ ืืขืจ ืืจืึทืืืฆืืึธื ืขืืขืจ “ืืืื ืฉื ืคืกื,” ืืืึธืก ืืื ืืขืฉืจืืื ืืขืืืึธืจื ืืชึผืื ืืืืืืืง ืืื ืงืึทืืฃ ืืืืฃ ืืื ืฆื ืคึฟืึทืจืฉืืึทืจืงื ืืขืจ ืกืึธืฆืืึทืืืื, ืืื ืึท ืคืจืึทืืืคืืืข ืืื ืจืืจื ืืข ืฉืืืง ืคึฟืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืึดืืืฉืข ืืจืืฉื. ืืึธ ืืืขืจื ืคึฟืึธืจืืขืฉืืขืื ืืขืจ ืืึทื ืฆืขืจ ืึธืจืืืื ืขืืขืจ ืืขืงืกื, ืึธื ืงืืื ืฉืื ืขื ืืขืจืื ืืขื ืึธืืขืจ ืฆืขื ืืืจ. ืืขืจืคึฟืึทืจ ืืื ืืื ืืึทืืืึธืจื ืขื ืืขื ืืืืขื ืขืจ: ืืืืขื ื ืงืจืืืืฉ!!
This parodic commentary on the traditional Passover Hagode, which was written from a place of pain and struggle as a way of teaching and promoting socialism by radically re-reading the Passover story, is a brilliant and moving piece of our Jewish heritage. This translation does not censor or alter the original text; rather it attempts to convey this text in its entirety. As such, I have a warning for the reader: read critically!!
In addition to the translation, in Hagode im perush socialisti the Yiddish text has been laid out by Shlomo Jack as a gloss in marginalia surrounding the traditional Hebrew-Aramaic text of the Pesaแธฅ haggadah.
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ืืืื ื ืขื ืืื ื ืืืืื ื ืขืืื ื ืืืขืฉื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ื ืขืืื ื ืืืขืฉื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ืื "May the pleasantness of ืืึนื ื our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17
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