[Heb-NACO] FW: Meaning of these rashe tevot

Wed Oct 9 10:41:23 EDT 2013

The Bar-Ilan responsa project www.responsa.co.il<http://www.responsa.co.il> has a list of all the works included in their databases (click on 'Book list' in the Help menu) and also has an abbreviation dictionary (in the Tools menu). I think you can access these even if you don't have a subscription.

Best wishes

Vanessa

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From: heb-naco-bounces+v.freedman=ucl.ac.uk at lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+v.freedman=ucl.ac.uk at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Manuel Frau-Cortes
Sent: 09 October 2013 13:25
To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] FW: Meaning of these rashe tevot

I am not aware of any such a source, but the Encyc. Judaica (online version better) and sometimes Wikipedia are useful to find authors in connection with their works. I would say that the rule of thumb is to apply some logic. People only use abbreviations were they are confident that the reader will understand them. Of course, the more you deal with this kind of literature, the more familiar you get with the abbreviations. In any case, there are some logical shortcuts: if your title page mentions the Tur, chances are that all the other abbreviations are traditional commentaries to the Tur. Same if your title page mentions Shulhan Arukh, a tractate of the Talmud, a book of the Tanakh. There are a limited number of famous commentaries that most readers would know and expect. You could google and fnd a list of their names or get the title page of a Vilna edition, for instance, where the commentaries and their authors are spelled out.

In other cases, the title page will mention and author and then "ba'al  [some abbreviation]". That would be the work by which the author is best known. Worse case scenario, google the whole abbreviation and see how it's used in other contexts.

I'd say you learn with experience. Just have fun with it! And of course you can always write to this list :)

Neil M. Frau-Cortes
Hebraica Cataloger
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone (301) 405-9337
nfrau at umd.edu

From: heb-naco-bounces+nfrau=umd.edu at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:heb-naco-bounces+nfrau=umd.edu at lists.service.ohio-state.edu> [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+nfrau=umd.edu at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Judith Zupnick
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 7:00 PM
To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] FW: Meaning of these rashe tevot

I have Otsar Rashe Tevot in print form and am also familiar with the Princeton Hebrew abbreviations Web site. I am more interested now in a guide to sefarim, with their associated authors, such as came up in abbreviations on the title page of the book that I sent. Is there any source that gives rabbinic authors and their books (an added plus would be if the abbreviations were given, as well). The Otsa Rashe Tevot, as you pointed out, gives several alternatives. It is not always comprehensive nor does it always give names of books.

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 10:13:16 -0400
From: jnof at upenn.edu<mailto:jnof at upenn.edu>
To: heb-naco at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:heb-naco at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] FW: Meaning of these rashe tevot
The classic work, Otsar rashe tevot, has been digitized and is online at http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=9.  It would give several options of which meaning is intended, but you'd need to figure out based on context which of the given options the appropriate rashe tevot are.  Another source is Princeton's site of Hebrew cataloging tools, http://library.princeton.edu/departments/tsd/katmandu/hebrew/hebrewtoc.html, which include Hebrew Abbreviations.  They spell out in romanized form what the rashe tevot are, but again, do not include "meaning" or "authorship".  That would require more research on your part.  Wikipedia can be a good first stop once you know what the spelled out form is (presuming you romanize it properly, c.f. Rama vs. Rema:  the correct form is the latter; the former is a Vishnu god in Hinduism).

And of course, your colleagues are also an excellent reference :-) .

Best wishes and happy learning, Jasmin

On 10/7/2013 6:48 PM, Judith Zupnick wrote:
Thanks! Is there any guide, list or resource to rabbinic literature that would tell the meaning of the rashe tevot and the authorship, for future reference?

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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:13:12 +0000
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] FW: Meaning of these rashe tevot
Hi,

These are all commentaries printed to the Tur or Shulhan Arukh: the Tur itself, Bet Yosef (written by Yosef Caro). The Rama is Moshe Isserles, another of the commentators, who wrote Darkhe Mosheh. Then you have Ture Zahav (David Segal) and Magen Avraham (Avraham Gombiner).

Neil M. Frau-Cortes
Hebraica Cataloger
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone (301) 405-9337
nfrau at umd.edu<http://umd.edu>

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Subject: [Heb-NACO] FW: Meaning of these rashe tevot

Does anyone know what all the rashe tevot on the title page in this attachment stand for, e.g. "Bet-Yud", etc.? Are these names of books? If so, what books? Are they all written by Jacob ben Asher?
Thanks
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