Haggadah Pages

A cutting blade is my scribal quill and papercutting is my art.

All images on this page © Archie Granot and may not be reproduced without written permission.

From Page 55, The Colophon: “I, Archie Granot, Aaron Yosef son of Natan Yaakov and Sara Leah, have hand cut this Haggadah in Jerusalem, Capital of the State of israel, for my friends Max, Mordechai son of Shimon Yehudah, and Sandra, Shlomit daughter of Yehudah Leib HaLevi, of the Thurm family in the United States of America.

For ten years I have labored over the excellence of each cut. I completed the work in the Holy City of Jerusalem in the month of Kislev in the year 5768 (2007). A cutting blade is my scribal quill and papercutting is my art.”

A colophon (deriving from the Greek kolophon meaning summit, finishing touch) is an inscription at the end of a manuscript, used mainly in the 15th and 16th centuries, giving the title or subject of the work, its author, the name of the scribe or illuminator, and the date and place of publication.

The multilayered cut out sentence around the page was, traditionally, used in colophons of Jewish manuscripts and reads: “Accomplished and concluded, with thanks to the Almighty, Creator of all things.”

The artist’s signature sits at the base of this page. It is the only signed page in the Haggadah. Read more about the Papercut Haggadah here.