The Kittsee Haggadah

The library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad houses a remarkable manuscript crafted in 1760 by the talented scribe and artist Chaim ben Asher Anshel of Kittsee, near present-day Bratislava. We’ll trace the journey of this Haggadah from its creation to its acquisition by the Frierdiker Rebbe. Opening this manuscript, we’ll examine its layout, artwork, nusach, and style of nikud, seeking to uncover the influences that shaped Chaim ben Asher’s masterpiece through a comparative analysis with other Haggadahs of that period.

To purchase a facsimile of the Kittzee Haggadah:

https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HP-HAGG.KITZEE

To view it online, visit the following link and insert card number “1950”:

https://chabadlibrary.org/catalog/index.php?catalog=mscatalog

Additional Links:

Kittzee Haggadah 1748, Gross Collection

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000632400205171-1,FL54685621

Kittzee Haggadah 1768, Hebrew Union College

https://mss.huc.edu/phpviewer/index.php?path=MS_451

Kittzee Haggadah 1769, Jewish Museum London

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990001792760205171-1,FL28179029

Kittzee Haggadah 1771, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990001920270205171-1,FL59161404

Kittzee Haggadah 1772, JTS Library

https://digitalcollections.jtsa.edu/islandora/object/jts%3A62343#page/41/mode/1up

Amsterdam 1695

https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990013798840205171/NLI#modal-downloadModal

Prague 1713

https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990013798850205171/NLI

Offenbach 1721

https://www.hebrewbooks.org/4923

Frankfurt 1724

https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990010665310205171/NLI