Why did medieval haggadot include pictures of men pointing at their wives?
This long-forgotten Passover custom was dealt a bitter blow by a sharp wife in a 15th-century Haggadah.
The wife in the 14th century "Brother Haggadah" doesn't look too pleased with her husband's custom. (photo credit: BRITISH LIBRARY COLLECTION; AVAILABLE VIA THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL DIGITAL COLLECTION)ByLEOR JACOBI