Aug 31 2011
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Rare Jewish-Indian Haggadah found in Salford
A rare Jewish text, published for the “Black Jews of India” in the 19th Century, has been discovered in a garage sale in Salford.
The 137-year-old Poona Haggadah, used by the Bene Israel community at Passover, was found by University of Manchester historian, Dr Yaakov Wise.
He said he paid a “substantial” fee after recognising it at the sale.
“I knew it was a very rare book - in fact, it may be the only copy of it in Britain,” he said.
