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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'>"ḥibartiṿ ṿa-</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>arakhtiṿ be-ḥesed D. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>alai uve-</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ezrat ha-Ḥonen la-Adam Da</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>at ani ha-tsa</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ir </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>er. ḥ.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Avraham b.R. Sa</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>id Ḥamami, y. ts. ṿ."</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> heb-naco-bounces+jbie=loc.gov@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+jbie=loc.gov@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barry Walfish<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 24, 2012 6:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Heb-NACO] romanization of the day?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'>Joan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'>You don’t give the sentence the abbreviation is in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'>It’s definitely le-adam da’at as is written in the Amidah, “atah honen le-adam da’at…”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'>Barry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:heb-naco-bounces+barry.walfish=utoronto.ca@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">heb-naco-bounces+barry.walfish=utoronto.ca@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:heb-naco-bounces+barry.walfish=utoronto.ca@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">mailto:heb-naco-bounces+barry.walfish=utoronto.ca@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Biella, Joan<br><b>Sent:</b> September 24, 2012 2:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Hebrew Name Authority Funnel'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Heb-NACO] romanization of the day?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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-</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>arakhtiṿ be-ḥesed D. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>alai uve-</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ezrat ha-Ḥonen la-Adam Da</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>at ani ha-tsa</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ir </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>er. ḥ. Avraham b.R. Sa</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>id 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 </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>er. 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'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>erev 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 Da</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>at or ha-Ḥonen le-Adam Da</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ʻ</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>at?<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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>