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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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I have noticed the word <span lang=HE dir=RTL>àâøåú</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> is Romanized as “igrot.” I was wondering if it shouldn’t be “igerot” since the <span lang=HE dir=RTL>â</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> has a dagesh in it due to the unaccentented vowel in the <span lang=HE dir=RTL>à</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> and therefore the <span lang=HE dir=RTL>ùåò</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> under the <span lang=HE dir=RTL>â</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> would be a <span lang=HE dir=RTL>ðò</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>. The </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Alcalay that I have on desk does have a <span lang=HE dir=RTL>ùåò</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Haim</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Haim A Gottschalk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Librarian, Israel and Judaica Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Library of Congress<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>LS/ABA/ASME/IJ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>101 Independence Avenue, SE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>LM-537<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Washington, D.C. 20540-4222<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>202-707-2498<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:red'>Ideas & opinions in this email are not intended to represent those of the Library of Congress or its staff.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>