The Weekly Midrash: Tz'enah Ur'enah the Classic Anthology of Torah Lore and Midrashic Commentary, Volume 1 and 2

From 1610 until the Holocaust, an Eastern European Jewish home had a Tz'enah Ur'enah on its Shabbos table. At least 210 editions of Rabbi Yaakov Ashkenazi's classic combining Torah commentary, Midrashic insights, and ethical teachings on the weekly sidrah have appeared. Now, it is available in this new, faithful, beautiful translation, illustrated with woodcuts from the 1726 Frankfurt edition. An inseparable companion on Friday nights, Shabbos afternoons, or any other time. The perfect gift for any occasion. Includes weekly and festival Haftaros, five Megillos, the story of Chanukah and of Tishah B'Av. Translated by Miriam Stark Zakon. Complete in two handsome volumes.Yaakov Ben Yitzchak Ashkenazi is the author of 'The Weekly Midrash: Tz'enah Ur'enah the Classic Anthology of Torah Lore and Midrashic Commentary, Volume 1 and 2', published 1993 under ISBN 9780899069258 and ISBN 0899069258.