31.03.2012                      08.Nissan. 5772                       Zaw

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Why is one haggadah different from all others?

Chicago lawyer boasts world’s largest private collection of Passover haggadot, with 4,500 versions dating back to 1485.

Some people collect stamps; others, salt shakers. Barbie dolls are popular. Sports cars are clearly cool. Apricot pits used to be big in Jerusalem grade schools.
Stephen Durchslag goes for haggadot. And with 4,500 − give or take a few exodus-from-Egypt re-tellings − the 71-year-old Chicago intellectual property lawyer owns the largest-known private collection of haggadot in the world….