Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi

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).

See also

• Role of women in Judaism
• Tzeniut

References

• Liptzin, Sol, A History of Yiddish Literature, Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, NY, 1972, ISBN 0-8246-0124-6.