Passover Haggadah, illustrations in lithographic print by Aryeh El. Hanani . Jerusalem, 1930

Passover Haggadah, illustrations in lithographic print by Aryeh El. Hanani . Jerusalem, 1930

Passover Haggadah with illustrations in lithographic print by Aryeh El. Hanani (Spoznikov) - edited by Nachum Lifshitz. Jerusalem, 1930.

Before us the first Jerusalem edition of the 'Palestine Haggadah'.The Haggadah is the result of the joint work of Aryeh El-Hanani [an Avangard Russian artist], the composer. Rozovsky, who recorded and adapted the melodies that appear in this print, for the first time from tunes he heard from his father and appear in the form of musical notes at the end. Al-Hanani, sought to create an illustrated Haggadah based on life in Palestine. His illustrated figures are dressed in traditional Israeli garb. As Lifshitz writes in the introduction to the Haggadah: " For centuries, the talent of art of painting, which was buried in the The Jewish soul and found no suitable place to create, because of the negative attitude towards plastic painting that was rooted in the nation ...  I nThe Land of Israel has not yet been printed in Passover Haggadah painted original paintings and decorations. This Haggadah is an original creation of Eretz Israel ...".

[60], 4 p. Tears [restored] on last page. fine condition.