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Passover in the Yagur dining room, 1961. Conductor
Shmuel HaCohen. Decoration by Shlomo Kantor.
(Anchor photo courtesy of Yagur Archive)

The kibbutz Haggadah returns to the Biblical story
associated with Passover, emphasizing how Moses led
the Jewish people out of slavery in Egypt, and the power
of people to change their realities.

“In the traditional Haggadah, Moses barely appears,"
Tzur said. Content around springtime and the
agricultural aspect of the Omer ceremony, or the first
harvest of the oats, were also added, reflecting
kibbutzim’s character as agricultural communities.

And, perhaps most notable, the kibbutz Haggadot
consistently addressed current events – first the events
of the 1930’s, then the Holocaust and Israel’s War of
Independence.

"From the moment the Holocaust became known, Seder
night in the kibbutzim was Holocaust Remembrance