It is all of those, but it is much more. For the Haggadah is a collection of Scriptural verses, Talmud and Midrash. To understand it clearly requires a command of the breadth and depth of Torah literature. When one finds a person who combines such intellectual accomplishment with incisive thought, originality, and felicity of language -- one has found a master interpreter capable of bringing the Haggadah to life.

Such a person is Rabbi David Cohen.

He is a scholar, teacher, thinker, author, posek.

He is guide, counsel, friend. He is a complete talmid chacham. Such a person is capable of plumbing the subtleties and nuances of the Haggadah and bringing to bear upon it the full spectrum of Rabbinic thought and literature.

In this commentary, Rabbi Cohen reveals the brilliance that has made him a magnet for people seeking the highest level of Torah knowledge. Those who study this Haggadah will find a richness they never imagined existed in the narrative that they have recited routinely -- perhaps even mechanically -- since their youth. This Haggadah is a joy -- a Simchas Yaabetz.

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