The Rare & Magnificent Moss Haggadah Guided Viewing

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Event:
The Rare & Magnificent Moss Haggadah Guided Viewing
Start:
March 28, 2012 2:30 pm
End:
March 28, 2012 4:00 pm
Cost:
$5; free for Mizel Museum and Temple Emanuel members
Organizer:
Penny Nisson
Phone:
303-749-5016
pnisson@mizelmuseum.org
Updated:
January 20, 2012
Venue:
Temple Emanuel
Phone:
303-394-9993
Address:
51 Grape Street, Denver, CO, United States

Experience the beauty of this exceptional work of art.  Rabbi Steven Foster will provide detailed insight and inspire awe for this amazing masterpiece. The Moss Haggadahs are now out of print and the last copy sold for $35,000. A kosher charoset tasting will follow the program.

image from the Moss Haggadah

A page from the Moss Haggadah

David Moss is one of today’s finest living Judaic artists.  He describes himself as, “illuminator, animator and transformer of Jewish texts, objects and spaces.” He currently lives in Jerusalem and has a workshop located near the Jaffa Gate of the Old City. In the 1970s, Moss was instrumental in reviving the as a major work of art to be treasured by a married couple. He then turned to the illumination and illustration of Jewish texts.

In 1983, Moss was commissioned to create an individual, hand-made haggadah, in the tradition of the medieval illuminated manuscript. The Moss Haggadah became a splendid work created on vellum, containing paper cuts, gold and silver. It was reproduced in facsimile and also published in various trade printings. One volume of the Moss Haggadah contains the body of the haggadah, the other is an introduction and commentary. These volumes are extraordinary teaching and study pieces on the meaning of Passover. Read more about the Moss Haggadah HERE.

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