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From Medieval Spain to Modern Bosnia – A Jewish Story of Beauty, Loss, and Miraculous Survival

The Sarajevo Haggadah is one of the most fascinating Jewish manuscripts to survive the centuries.
Created in medieval Barcelona during a short, but brilliant moment of Jewish history, it reflects both the refinement of Jewish culture and the vibrant world of the city around it. In its pages we see not only Biblical stories, but also vivid glimpses of how Jews of the time lived, celebrated, and imagined their place in history.

Once commissioned by the wealthy Jewish family, then a wedding gift, the journey of this book, however, was never simple. Expelled from Spain, carried across Europe, changed hands, nearly lost, the Haggadah was twice miraculously saved in the twentieth century: hidden from the Nazis during the Holocaust, and rescued again during the Bosnian war.

It is a fragile book, yet it carries a strength that belongs to all of us - a story of art, survival, and the enduring resilience of Jewish memory.

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