Haggadah
The Haggadah (הגרה) is a Hebrew language text used at the Passover service containing the Seder. There are several versions including the Kafra Haggadah. The Kafra Haggadah has a medieval appearance like an illuminated manuscript but was created by a mother and son of the Kafra family to pass the time while hiding from the Nazis.The content of the Haggadah is the scripture that tells the story of the Israelites and their mass-exit or Exodus from slavery in Egypt.
Different sects of Judaism are more and less liberal about the format and content of the haggadah. More conservative sects, like conservative Judaism, might use haggadahs that are only written in the Hebrew language. Liberal sects (like reform judaism) generally find it perferable to use a haggadah that has either Hebrew with English language translations, or English-only versions.
A reasonably comparable set of books in Christianity to the Haggadah are the many Christmas books that retell the story of the birth of Jesus.
Haggadah books all have a similar story to tell, they all use the same characters and the same chain of events. They all have a secular story with a religious context, and include words (and sometimes even music) for religous prayer-songs.
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