Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald Ladino Haggadot and an Unknown Prayer in a Haggadah from Sofa * Introduction Passover, one of the most meaningful holidays in the Jewish calendar, celebrates a key episode in the history of the Jewish people: the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Te centrality of this event to the Jewish religion is so important that it is referenced multiple times within the daily prayers, in addition to featuring prominently throughout all High Holy Day prayer services. Te Exodus from Egypt is of course most notably commemorated in the Haggadah shel Pesah ․ , ‘the Jewish text read on Passover frst night(s).’ Te major textual part of the Haggadah, Maggid, narrates the history of the Israelites from the time of the frst Patriarch, Abraham, until ultimate national redemption in the Land of Israel. Te Haggadah also incorporates several interpretive Midrashic texts which are connected to the Exodus story. It also features a number of traditional rituals which are performed during the Seder, a special celebration on the frst evening(s) of the seven-day Passover holiday. Tis article will concentrate on Sephardic Haggadot, written in Ladino. I will then review various alterations made to Haggadot published in the twentieth century, and will fnally discuss a Haggadah from Sofa, which includes a unique, special prayer. * Te paper is based on the opening lecture at the 20th Congress on Judeo- Spanish Studies held at Bar Ilan University, September 3–4, 2018. I would like to thank Dr. Dov Cohen for his valuable comments and for the supplying the photocopies. 125 Ladinar XII (2021): 125–144