Sharon Halperin collection of Women's Seder Passover Haggadot, approximately 2004-2006
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Summary
- Creator:
- Halperin, Sharon F. and Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
- Abstract:
- Sharon Halperin's collection of four Haggadot printed in the mid-2000s by the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation's Women's Seder Committee, which hosted Women's Seders for Passover beginning in 1999. Each Haggadah includes modified women-focused introductions, prayers, and blessings in English and using a feminine Hebrew form. There are also supplementary readings, some inserted flyers, and a photograph of the 2004 seder's place setting. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- Materials in English and Hebrew.
- Collection ID:
- RL.13003
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of four Haggadot printed in the mid-2000s by the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation's Women's Seder Committee, which hosted Women's Seders for Passover beginning in 1999. Each Haggadah includes modified prayers, blessings, and readings, intending to honor, commemorate, and celebrate women's lives and experiences within the traditional order of the Passover seder; they are printed in English and with a feminine form of Hebrew.
There are also supplementary readings, some inserted flyers, and a photograph of the 2004 seder's place setting.
- Biographical / historical:
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Sharon F. Halperin served on the planning committee for the Women's Passover Seders at the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation.
- Acquisition information:
- The Sharon F. Halperin Collection of Women's Passover Seder Haggadot was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2023.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, May 2023
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2023-0094
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Passover -- Prayer-books and devotions
Jewish women -- United States.
Women -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Societies and clubs.
Haggadah
Feminists -- North Carolina
Feminist haggadot
Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts - Names:
- Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
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[Identification of item], Sharon F. Halperin Collection of Women's Passover Seder Haggadot, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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