Jacob ben Isaac of Janów (1550-1628) Tz’enah Ur’enah

Floor 3 Floor 3
Jewish Languages (3.5.1) Jewish Languages (3.5.1)
Exhibit 3.5.1.03.01 Exhibit 3.5.1.03.01

Jacob ben Isaac of Janów (1550-1628)
Tz’enah Ur’enah
Warsaw, Poland, 1890 Gift of Rosalyn M. Sholin, in memory of the Joseph and Sadie Tick family

A Yiddish language exegesis of the five Torah books, the Haftarot and the Megilot, based on midrashim and aggadot. The book was written for women who could not read hebrew.

Additional Reading

ANU- Jewish community of Poland

Themes and Connections:

belief, believes, literature, religion, tradition

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