Tze’enah Ure’enah

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $150

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author

JACOB BEN ISAAC OF JANOW

printer

Ornstein & Sons

Place

Sulzbach

Publication

1836

Description

Yiddish printed in Wayber-taytsch type. Woodcut illustrations within the text. Uncommonly good condition

references

Vinograd, Sulzbach 656

summary

The most renowned Yiddish work of homiletical prose, particularly beloved among Jewish women. A miscellany of tales, Midrashim and exegetical comment woven around a Yiddish rendering and paraphrasing of the Pentateuch, Haphtaroth and Megiloth. Written in a tender, flowing style, the numerous editions have resulted in the text of the Tze’enah Ure’enah becoming a laboratory in examining the development of the Yiddish language over time

ff. 256. Contemporary boards, spine worn. 4to

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