Tze'enah Ure'enah

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Bereshit Noach Lech Lecha Vayera Chayei Sarah Toldot Vayeitze Vayishlach Vayeshev Miketz Vayigash Vayechi Shemot Vaera Bo Beshalach Yitro Mishpatim Terumah Tetzaveh Ki Tisa Vayakhel Pekudei Vayikra Tzav Shmini Tazria Metzora Achrei Mot Kedoshim Emor Behar Bechukotai Bamidbar Nasso Beha'alotcha Sh'lach Korach Chukat Balak Pinchas Matot Masei Devarim Vaetchanan Eikev Re'eh Shoftim Ki Teitzei Ki Tavo Nitzavim Vayeilech Ha'Azinu V'Zot HaBerachah

Song of Songs

Ruth

Ecclesiastes

Megillat Esther

Bereshit Noach Lech Lecha Vayera Chayei Sarah Toldot Vayeitze Vayishlach Vayeshev Miketz Vayigash Vayechi Shemot Vaera Bo Beshalach Yitro Mishpatim Terumah Tetzaveh Ki Tisa Vayakhel Pekudei Vayikra Tzav Shmini Tazria Metzora Achrei Mot Kedoshim Emor Behar Bechukotai Bamidbar Nasso Beha'alotcha Sh'lach Korach Chukat Balak Pinchas Matot Masei Devarim Vaetchanan Eikev Re'eh Shoftim Ki Teitzei Ki Tavo Nitzavim Vayeilech Ha'Azinu V'Zot HaBerachah Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh When Rosh Chodesh occurs on Sunday Parashat Shekalim Parashat Zachor Parashat Parah Parashat HaChodesh Shabbat HaGadol First Day of Passover Second Day of Passover Intermediate Shabbat of Passover Seventh Day of Passover Last Day of Passover First Day of Shavuot Second Day of Shavuot Tisha B'av First Day of Rosh Hashanah Second Day of Rosh Hashanah Fast of Gedaliah Shabbat Shuvah Shacharit for Yom Kippur Minchah of Yom Kippur First Day of Sukkot Second Day of Sukkot Intermediate Shabbat of Sukkot Shemini Azeret Shabbat of Chanukkah Second Shabbat of Chanukkah

About This Text

Author: Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi

Composed: 1590 – 1616 CE

Tze’enah URe’enah (“Go Forth and See,” a quote from Song of Songs 3:11) is an early 17th-century work compiled in Yiddish by Rabbi Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi. The work follows the structure of the weekly Torah readings and haftarot and mixes biblical texts with teachings from rabbinic literature and medieval Torah commentators. While historically the text has primarily been studied by women — who had relatively less access to Hebrew and Aramaic texts than men — the title page of the first extant edition is clear that the Yiddish work was written for a broad audience of men and women. The work enjoyed widespread popularity and has been published in more than 250 editions. This 2017 edition is the first scholarly English translation of the work and includes references to the author’s primary sources.

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