Non-Traditional Haggadah - Kibbutz Ayelet HaShachar 1945

Non-Traditional Haggadah - Kibbutz Ayelet HaShachar 1945

Non-traditional haggadah, Kibbutz Ayelet HaShachar 1945, stencil print with illustrations. Vivid references to events on the kibbutz, of the Holocaust, and the closure of the gates of the Land of Israel in the face of the refugees, and more.

Alongside original spring songs there are a number of sharp passages relating to events of the time: events on the kibbutz, casualties in Palestine, refugees and the fact that they weren't allowed into the Land, and the vision for the future: "On this night, the 15th of Nissan 1945 ... this will be the sixth year when we are missing our friends who went in our names to fight the fight of Israel, to take revenge for our spilled blood, and to break the gates of the ghettos and to pave a path of redemption for our diaspora ... in the lines of the Jewish Fighting Brigade ... in this hall of celebration we miss our friends who were taken with hate while they were still part of our lives. Shlomo Sheltzer, a pioneer of volunteerism for the war of revenge, a fateful hand took him out of battle, and Yaakov Rosenfeld who went up like a pure sacrifice ... and they are not the only ones missing here. A terrible calculation of the blood of European Jewry - for the "sin" of being Jewish, it was slaughtered and trampled ... Only childhood remains from the destruction of the exiles ... the refugees are wandering with neither land nor cover and without a homeland. And the one homeland that is their hope and the anchor for their rescue - is locked before them because of the cruel heart of the nations and their leaders, though they were killed ... they are not considered among the nations, and all their sacrifices and sufferings do not stand before their eyes that they should be worthy of a homeland, to be a free nation ..." 

Includes an additional interesting passage titled, "Likroa Et Gzar HaDin" ["To Destroy the Evil Decree"] that discusses the closure of Palestine to Holocaust survivors: We heard how in all different ways they do not let Jews arrive in the Land of Israel. They won't allow this grim "venture" to come about. We heard how they make calculations, even now, during the days of the terrible destruction, there were no ships. There were enough ships for everything, just not to rescue our children, brothers, sisters and parents ... the Jews of Romania and the refugees from Hungary that reached Romania, and the people who were in camps for years and children who lost their brothers and parents ... they must remain in their places, because there is a White Paper, a quota, a law, there is a major policy, and the Jews should just die, and those who remain alive - we must not break this major policy ... There is no other topic in our lives during these days other than one - to do everything possible in order to tear up this decree and open the gates of the land ..." and more.

Various illustrations depicting the return of the Jewish settlement as the present-day exodus from Egypt.

Ayelet HaShachar was founded with the help of the Palestine Workers Fund in 1915, by a group of five men and one woman from the second wave of immigration. The kibbutz was established in Emek HaChulah, next to Chatzor HaGlilit. In October 1925, the kibbutz joined Ein Charod HaMeuchad, which had separated from the Gedud HaAvodah in 1923, and served as a foothold in the Upper Galilee.

[25] leaves, text on both sides of the page. Leaves connected with lace. Fine condition.