MANUSCRIPT - HAGGADAH] - Lot 309

MANUSCRIPT - HAGGADAH] Exceptional handwritten Haggadah in Hebrew with ritual instructions in French, calligraphed in ink and enriched with gouaches on paper. The title page bears the inscription: Written by L. Stuffel of Strasbourg during his stay in Grenoble, 1942-1943. This Haggadah has recently been provided with a conservation and presentation case made of cardboard, canvas and leather. Booklet of 89 pp. Dimensions of Haggadah : 14 x 11 cm - Dimensions of case : 21 x 28 cm Partially uncropped. An almost identical copy, written by the same scribe, is in the collections of the M.A.H.J. Lucien Léon Stuffel, the scribe of this Haggadah, was born in 1867 in Hattstatt (Haut-Rhin). Fleeing to Grenoble, he was later interned at the Drancy camp, and appears on the list of deportees from convoy 69 to Auschwitz on March 7, 1944. He never returned. During his lifetime, he was hazan (officiating minister) in numerous towns in Alsace and Switzerland: Berne, Lucerne, Fellering, Marckolsheim, Soultz, Bergheim, Molsheim, etc. He is also mentioned as a chohet and teacher. It seems that, like many of Alsace's hazanim, his skills were manifold, and this Haggadah shows that he also possessed the skill of ritual scribe. Although this Haggadah is calligraphed and illuminated with extreme care, it was produced on a modest notebook, with no real binding, and one can only imagine the difficulties of living as a hunted Jew in Grenoble during this period. The first roundup in Grenoble took place on August 26, 1942, and continued until the Liberation. Sprinkled with small, naive drawings, the Hebrew text is written in attractive square script. The titles are beautifully ornamented. Ritual instructions in French are calligraphed in beautiful cursive script. Key illustrations include Page 10: The Seder plate Page 17: The five rabbis of Bné-Brak{CR Pages 19 and 20: The four sons{CR Page 29: Adam and Eve{CR Page 34: The dove and Noah's ark Page 52: Abraham and the three angels{CR Page 58: The sacrifice of Isaac{CR Page 62: The three crowns: Torah, royalty and priesthood{CR Page 76: The return of the explorers Pages 84 to 87: Had-Gadyah's rhyme Page 88: Humorous final illustration. A bottle chases a glass saying "more", while the glass runs away saying "enough". Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba