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Seder Eliyahu – Commentary of the Vilna Gaon on the Passover Haggadah – Prague, 1813

Seder Eliyahu, commentary on the Passover Haggadah by the Vilna Gaon. Prague: Franz Johann Scholl, 1813.
Two title pages. Censor's approval on first title page.
This edition adds three passages in the name of the Vilna Gaon, and omits parts of the commentary to the piyyutim Ki Lo Naeh and Chad Gadya.
At end of book: Maaseh Eloheinu – Yiddish recounting of the Exodus, with lists of subscribers from Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
Includes laws and customs in Yiddish (Tzenah URenah font).

21, [8] leaves. Lacking leaf [9] at end of Haggadah, with text of contract for sale of chametz. 21 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark food stains. Wear. Worming. New paper binding.

Otzar HaHaggadot 545; Vinograd, Otzar Sifrei HaGra, no. 514.