Maggid
Maggid ( Heb. מַגִּיד,"Speaker", "narrator") is the name for a Jewish traveling preacher , together with the name umore zedek "and teacher of justice" it also occasionally designates a rabbinical judge. The preacher maggidim appeared from the 16th century until the pre- Holocaust period in areas with a large Jewish population, especially in Eastern Europe, and often had cult status among the people. Occasionally the name lives on to the present day, e.g. B. was Shalom squadron of the Jeruschalmer Maggid.
Maggid ( "narrative") is also the name for a section of the Haggadah that during the festive dinner ( Seder ) on the eve of Passover firm is read and the Exodus , the Exodus from Egypt from the liberation and the slavery involves. It is divided into the following sections:
- the meaning of the matzo ("This is the bread of poverty that our fathers in Egypt ate.")
- the child's questions ( Ma Nishtana )
- the answers
- learning and
- the mitzvot of the evening.
Literature (selection)
- Jewish Lexicon III, 1282–1286
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maggid - Telling the story of the Exodus , Jüdisch.info. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- Jump up ↑ Freedom and Oppression - A Film on the Seder Pesach , HaGalil. Retrieved April 10, 2019.