Passover (פסח)
Exodus 12:21-51 and Numbers 28:16-25, haftara Joshua 5:2 to 6:1
The second day in the diaspora
Leviticus 22:26-23:44 and Numbers 28:16-25, haftara II Kings 23:1-9 then 21-25.
On the evening of 15 nissan, the omer count begins
The Sarajevo Haggadah is the most richly illuminated Hebrew manuscript. It was made in the Kingdom of Aragon (Spain) in the middle of the 14th century. It is probably a wedding gift bringing together two families whose coats of arms appear in the book (Shoshan = rose and Elazar = wing) associated with the coat of arms of the city of Barcelona. The manuscript contains 142 folios. The first 40 folios are decorated with 69 miniatures representing scenes from the Torah. On the other folios, no illustration, only the liturgical text with illuminations appears there.
The presence of the Haggadah is attested in Italy in 1609. In 1894, it was sold to the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina by a Sephardic family from Bosnia. In 1941, during the German occupation, museum staff hid it to prevent the Nazis from seizing it. During the wars of Yugoslavia1 (1991-2001), during the intensive bombardment of the siege of Sarajevo (1992-1996), the manuscript was put in safety in a safe of the national bank. In 2002, a room was set up in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to be able to exhibit the Haggadah in complete safety. The manuscript is included in the list of national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1 Wars of independence of the constituent states of Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia