Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi
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Rabbi
Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi (1550–1625), of Janów
(near Lublin
, Poland
), was the author of the Tseno Ureno
, sometimes called the "Women's Bible
", a 1616 Yiddish-language prose work whose structure parallels the weekly portions
of the Pentateuch and Haftorahs used in Shabbat
services.
He also authored a supplement, the Melitz Yosher (מליץ יושר) and Ha Magid (המגיד).
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi (1550–1625), of Janów
Janów Lubelski
Janów Lubelski is a town in eastern Poland. It has 11,882 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodship . It is the capital of Janów Lubelski County.It has a large hospital...
(near Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
), was the author of the Tseno Ureno
Tseno Ureno
The Tseno Ureno , sometimes called the Women's Bible, was a 1616 Yiddish-language prose work whose structure parallels the weekly portions of the Pentateuch and Haftorahs used in Jewish worship services...
, sometimes called the "Women's Bible
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...
", a 1616 Yiddish-language prose work whose structure parallels the weekly portions
Parsha
This article is about the divisions of the Torah into weekly readings. For this week's Torah portion, see Torah portionThe weekly Torah portion |Sidra]]) is a section of the Torah read in Jewish services...
of the Pentateuch and Haftorahs used in Shabbat
Shabbat
Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...
services.
He also authored a supplement, the Melitz Yosher (מליץ יושר) and Ha Magid (המגיד).