Rare
Tze’ena U’Re’ena with a Shabbos Siddur!
Illustrated Edition
Amsterdam, 1766
Important and rare edition of the renowned sefer Tze’ena U’Re’ena featuring, for the first time, a siddur with the Shabbos prayer service at the beginning of the sefer.
This illustrated edition features close to 70 captivating woodcut illustrations.
Tze’ena U’Re’ena is a compilation of Yiddish commentary and anthology of midrashim and stories on the Chamishah Chumshei Torah, Haftaros and Five Megillos by Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi Yitzchak Ashkenazi of Yanov.
This sefer was written specifically for “the women and daughters of Israel”.
Indisputably the most popular work in the history of Yiddish literature, the Tze’ena U’re’ena was originally compiled for Jewish women who wished to learn, but were mostly illiterate in Lashon Hakodesh. With his golden pen, the author brilliantly draws the reader into the fascinating stories of Tanach, superbly interwoven with famous midrashim, parables and stories.
The sefer was enthusiastically received by Jewish women who would often read it together on Shabbos, as the Chofetz Chaim attests in his famous letter regarding the founding of the Bais Yaakov movement: “In previous generations, there was a tradition in every Jewish home to follow the way of Torah and religion and to read the sefer Tze’ena U’re’ena every Shabbos…”
Amsterdam, 1766. Page count: [2], 24, 510 leaves. (The first 24 leaves contain the Siddur for Shabbos).
Size: 17 cm.
Condition: Signs of use, a few stains, a tear in the margin of leaf 24b (not affecting text). Bound in a handsome new leather binding.
