David Levi (1742–1801) the translator and printer of this Haggadah was born in London to impoverished Ashkenazi parents. Levi found his calling, however, in the world of Hebrew scholarship and printing. Self-educated, Levi realized how little both Jews and Christians in eighteenth-century England knew about Judaism and resolved to explain and defend his faith. This rare volume is the first separate printing of the David Levi’s translation of the Haggadah into English.

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