Had Gadya: A Passover Song

by Seymour Chwast (Illustrator), Michael Strassfeld (Afterword)

Every Passover Seder ends with a rousing version of Had Gadya, the most loved Passover song. Noted graphic artist Seymour Chwast creates a visual story-within-a-story, in a timeless village where everyone is busy preparing for the holiday. With an Afterword by Rabbi Michael Strassfeld on the history and symbolism of the song, this book enriches the Passover experience for young and old.

Genres: Music, Picture Books, Jewish

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 13, 2004

Reviews

[Mary]

Caoimhe picked this out at the library, and loves it a bit more than me...I think I'm singing the song wrong.

I don't know how to synchronize lines like:

Then the butcher came and killed the ox
Then came the Angel of Death and slew the butcher
Then came God and destroyed the Angel of Death

The End.

Apparently, the God of Torah holds greater appeal to her than the sissy God of NT.
Had Gadya
Had Gadya.

[Jim · Rating 2 out of 5]

strange song (but so is the twelve days of Christmas, maybe holidays bring out the weird in writers.). the art by chwast doesn't appeal at all to me. reading in a Jewish book "G-d" spelled "God" is also odd.