I'd like to know more about this 1406 manuscript that attributes Ḥad Gadya to Rabbi Elazar of Worms. That's fascinating. Could you please provide a reference to the manuscript or to the secondary source from which this information was drawn? (Was this information found in The Rishonim, pp. 88-92, or is this reference provided for learning more about Elazar of Worms in general?)
Hi, so the reference to "The Rishonim" is just for more learning about Rabbi Elazar of Worms.
The secondary source where I got my information from regarding Chad Gadyah is the Haggadah titled Torah Shleimah by Rabbi Menachem Kasher, p. 190.
At the present time I don't have any further details, but if time allows I will try to probe further. If you happen to dig anything up, please let me know.
Thank you. Here's what Yosef Lindell in the Passages of Rite FB discussion group related to me, "We don't have the manuscript. R Yedidya Tia Weil from 18th century Prague in his Haggadah commentary Marbeh Lesaper writes that he heard about a manuscript that originated from the beis midrash of the Rokeach. He says he saw this in a siddur from 1406. Some scholars take this hearsay testimony more seriously than others. There's some discussion here: <https://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2010/04/so-where-did-chad-gaya-come-from-anyway.html>".
In the comments to that On the Main Line post, I saw transcribed a "handwritten note" attributed to the late Lubavitcher Rebbe which relates to another point you made.
בחב"ד, כל אחב"י הספרדים ועוד, א"א חד גדיא
בהגדש"פ, אבל בודאי שכמה רמזים נמצאו בו. וכו"כ
מגדולי ישראל פירשוהו באופנים שונים. והחיד"א (ספרדי) נזף בחריפות בהמזלזל ח"ו בו - בשו"ת שלו
I'd like to know more about this 1406 manuscript that attributes Ḥad Gadya to Rabbi Elazar of Worms. That's fascinating. Could you please provide a reference to the manuscript or to the secondary source from which this information was drawn? (Was this information found in The Rishonim, pp. 88-92, or is this reference provided for learning more about Elazar of Worms in general?)
Hi, so the reference to "The Rishonim" is just for more learning about Rabbi Elazar of Worms.
The secondary source where I got my information from regarding Chad Gadyah is the Haggadah titled Torah Shleimah by Rabbi Menachem Kasher, p. 190.
At the present time I don't have any further details, but if time allows I will try to probe further. If you happen to dig anything up, please let me know.
All the best,
Nosson Wiggins
Thank you. Here's what Yosef Lindell in the Passages of Rite FB discussion group related to me, "We don't have the manuscript. R Yedidya Tia Weil from 18th century Prague in his Haggadah commentary Marbeh Lesaper writes that he heard about a manuscript that originated from the beis midrash of the Rokeach. He says he saw this in a siddur from 1406. Some scholars take this hearsay testimony more seriously than others. There's some discussion here: <https://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2010/04/so-where-did-chad-gaya-come-from-anyway.html>".
In the comments to that On the Main Line post, I saw transcribed a "handwritten note" attributed to the late Lubavitcher Rebbe which relates to another point you made.
בחב"ד, כל אחב"י הספרדים ועוד, א"א חד גדיא
בהגדש"פ, אבל בודאי שכמה רמזים נמצאו בו. וכו"כ
מגדולי ישראל פירשוהו באופנים שונים. והחיד"א (ספרדי) נזף בחריפות בהמזלזל ח"ו בו - בשו"ת שלו
חיים שאל.