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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The LCCN is 2011425612 and the title is "Shut Minḥat Avraham."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The statement of responsibility says "ḥibartiṿ ṿa-ʻarakhtiṿ be-ḥesed D. ʻalai uve-ʻezrat ha-Ḥonen la-Adam Daʻat ani ha-tsaʻir ʻer. ḥ. Avraham b.R. Saʻid Ḥamami, y. ts. ṿ."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My question: what is ʻer. ḥ. = </span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ער"ח</span><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span dir=LTR></span>? Somehow "</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻerev rosh ḥodesh" doesn't fit the context.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bonus question: should it be ha-Ḥonen la-Adam Daʻat or ha-Ḥonen le-Adam Daʻat?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your collective wisdom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Joan</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>