RE: [ha-Safran]: Historic Jewish Children's books

Thank you, Linda. This occurred to me sometime after I wrote in, but I never got around to sharing the thought. Dan Rettberg drettb...@huc.edu --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Librari

RE: [ha-Safran]: Historic Jewish Children's Books

Potentially, yes. All sorts of things end up in Special Collections and for any number of reasons. I gave a paper at one of our conventions in the 1990's on "What is a Rare Book?" Dan Rettberg Daniel J. Rettberg, Ph.D. Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewis

RE: [ha-Safran]: Early Jewish children's books

Hi, Fred-- Since you're setting up an archive with books, I thought you might appreciate a rare book librarian's perspective. Assuming that you are talking about a situation where your library purchased multiple copies of a particular title deemed to be popular, they are probably identical. Noneth

RE: [ha-Safran]: My attempt at a core Jewish library for

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RE: [ha-Safran]: Judaica Librarianship

Dear Haim-- You are just where I was about twenty years ago! I had completed a Ph.D. in Rabbinical literature and enrolled in an M.S. in Information Studies program focussing on cataloging and rare books. So far as I know there are no active programs in Judaica Librarianship in existence. There u

RE: [ha-Safran]: Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, 1470-1960

Though I use Vinograd regularly, having it at my desk, as well as other bibliographies, I do find it lacking because of its inconsistency in the information it provides on individual titles. If I remember correctly, this comes from the fact that the editor based his work at least in part on previou

RE: [ha-Safran]: Rivka bat Meir Tikiner

Hi, Amahlia-- Interestingly enough, Rivka Tiktiner was among the people discussed at the last Lehmann Seminar at the University of Pennsylvania. To get a run down on the basics, consult the article on her by Frauke von Roden in the 2nd ed. of the EJ. Her books are rare enough that we don't own cop

RE: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Libraries in the Middles Ages

Hi, Nancy-- A faculty friend from Xavier University (like HUC in Cincinnati) and I have over the past couple of years been working our way through Rabbi David Kimhi's commentary on Genesis. One of the reasons I most enjoy this intense immersion in the mind and heart of the Radak is noting the vari

[ha-Safran]: An online exhibit

Hi, Everyone­ In honor of the upcoming anniversary of the twenty-eight year solar cycle falling this year in the western calendar on the evening of April 7-morning of April 8, Hebrew Union College's library staff is especially proud to call your attention to the fact that we have added to ou

RE: [ha-Safran]: Need info on modern edition of Aramaic Targum

Dan-- Your client may in fact want an edition with the Aramaic Targum, the complete Arabic Tafsir, and the Biblical text, but the edition of the Mosad ha-Rav Kuk may be of interest. It includes the Targum based on the Taj as edited by Rav Yosef Kapah, and a translation of the explanatory words in

RE: [ha-Safran]: Book or Web?

Dear Dr. Richler-- I admit to being old fashioned, but I prefer the printed book. I feel like I spend enough time on the computer as it is. I understand the advantage of being able to update a reference work with ease, but I like the feel of a book in my hand. Browsing and searching indices feels

RE: [ha-Safran]: Question from first-time convention book seller

Dear Mr. Yudelson-- First, let me thank you as a representative of a small independent press, for coming to AJL. As a librarian and a reader, I am continually impressed with the number and variety of small "niche market" presses that survive and thrive in a world that seems all too often dominated

RE: [ha-Safran]: Help researching Jewish approaches to learning

Good morning, Arthur-- Your graduate student may want to contact someone connected to the "Special Needs" program affiliated with the Masorti Movement in Israel. They have maintained a longtime program of bar and bat mitsvah instruction and ceremony for special needs children. I have appended the

RE: [ha-Safran]: Barnes & Noble at Convention

Good morning, Ms. Moss-- I am confused by your choice of wording in describing Barnes and Noble as "the Convention Bookseller in Cleveland". In the past I have been able to purchase from any dealer who set up a "stall" in the exhibition area. Will this not be the case also in Cleveland? Dan Rettb

RE: [ha-Safran]: A very old book

Hello, Sylvia-- I suggest you contact a dealer who is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America. They have a high reputation and hold their members to a strict code of ethics. You can see their website at You can searc

RE: [ha-Safran]: Prayerbook history and commentary

Dear Colleagues-- Thank you very much for your kind and helpful replies to my inquiry for suggestions on reading for my patron on the history and content of the classical Jewish prayers. For the convenience of all, here is a complete list of those titles suggested so far. Dan Rettberg Rare Boo

[ha-Safran]: Prayerbook history and commentary

Dear Colleagues-- I am in need of a few suggestions of English titles on the history and content of the classical Jewish prayers that I may recommend to an educated adult patron (non-Jewish) who is literate in matters generally religious and theological but not specifically Jewish. I have spen

RE: [ha-Safran]: What to do with Sforim?

Hello, Veronica-- Your collection sounds fascinating. I'm glad you have David Goldenberg there to advise you. He was my Ph.D. advisor at Dropsie College in the 1980's. Do greet him for me. Having seen a lot of the sort of material you describe (not the least of it here at HUC, as you may suspe

[ha-Safran]: Old history books

If they are still of value, why do you want to get rid of them? How old is old? In what sort of condition are they? Perhaps you want to selectively "weed" the collection, particularly for old textbooks which may in fact have dated information and for books in poor condition for which more recent ed

RE: [ha-Safran]: next q: signed books

They may not be rare now, but what will be their status in fifty years? It's always a balancing act for libraries comparing the needs of today versus the needs of tomorrow. My inclination would be to put these in Special Collections and to buy additional copies for the circulating shelves. Dan

RE: [ha-Safran]: A "Reference Desk" Experience in Phoenix

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RE: [ha-Safran]: LC heading for Abraham Ibn Ezra

I assume all they are trying to do is to warn non-Hebrew speakers to pronounce the "ei" as two separate vowels, and not as a dipthong. I would not look for any analogies to Hebrew transliteration. Dan Rettberg Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Instit

[ha-Safran]: "Talmud editions of D. Bomberg"

In 1997 IDC of Leiden, Netherlands, issued 320 microfiches with accompanying materials entitled, "The Talmud Editions of D. Bomberg," by A. Rosenthal." It appears from the LC record, as well as from the description on the IDC website that what this is is a set of "fiche" depicting what they bil

RE: [ha-Safran]: Major library journals?

I'ld suggest "College and Research Libraries", "College and Research Libraries News", and, "RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage". Dan Rettberg Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati, Ohio [EMA

[ha-Safran]: Publication by Nicholas Pickwoad

Someone at one of the presentations in Oakland made a reference to a publication by Nicholas Pickwoad on bindings on early Jewish books. I remember that he was doing this research when I took his class at Rare Book School in the 1990's, but don't remember hearing that he had published the resul

RE: [ha-Safran]: ********** for ALA Council

I agree with Bernard. One of the reasons I value my AJL membership in general, and this list in particular, is that both facilitate the discussion of bibliographical and narrowly professional concerns, without too much overflow into discussions of politics of whatever sort. One of the results o

RE: [ha-Safran]: More books by the Pizetzner Rebbe

Jeff-- Here at HUC we have four separate printings of Sefer Hovat ha-talmidim (also entitled Kuntres Hovat ha-talmidim), the most recent by Makhon Torani-sifruti Orayta in Jerusalem in 1990. Harvard lists a more recent printing: Author : Kalonimus Klemish ben Elimelekh, 1889-1944. Title : Ku

RE: [ha-Safran]: B'nai Machshava Tova

Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman ben Elimelekh, 1889-1943 (also known as R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, and Kalonymus Klemish Shapiro)is remembered as the rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto. He buried his manuscripts, and they were later discovered after the war. His books were published in Hebrew in Israel beginn

RE: [ha-Safran]: FASCICLES:Megilloth at the BHQ

You need to consult a catalog of the Wuertembergische Bibelanstalt in Stuttgart. I recently received a paper copy of their catalog, and am almost certain I saw it featured there, but have since passed on the catalog to someone else, and so cannot check it. I assume they have a website, but have

RE: [ha-Safran]: Re: Google

Thank you, Bernard (and thanks to Paul Tankard), for passing on these well-expressed thoughts. As I said in my recent message on Yizkor books, once one has experienced the "real thing", there is no going back. Whether the real thing is in print or ms. form, searching for it physically is a mean

RE: [ha-Safran]: Yizkor books in instruction

I have not. But, I have done presentations for mixed groups (loosely age 10 to adult) with early printed books. Special Collections materials, in which I would include many Yizkor books, are wonderful for giving people quite literally a real feel for other times and places. Once one learns to a

RE: [ha-Safran]: School project on Elijah stories

Weeding books is an at times necessary task, but story telling is an eminently good (and Jewish) way of helping the world. Try searching the websites of various Jewish renewal groups on the phrase "story telling". The Aleph Alliance is a good place to begin (http://www.al

RE: [ha-Safran]: Why Bet was chosen to begin the Torah?

I suggest your Head of School consult Bereshit Rabbah 1:10 (p. 9 in the Soncino Midrash), which begins, "... Why was the world created with a beth?". Another version may be consulted in the Zohar 1:2b-3b (p. 11-17, p. 16 specifically) in the Zohar: Pritzker Edition, v. 1, translation and comme

RE: [ha-Safran]: Looking for source

Good morning-- The term "cotton patch" caught my attention. This is usually a reference to a variety of New Testament renderings in a southern or African-American dialect by Clarence Jordan, part of a post-World War II interracial communal experiment in Alabama? called Koinonia Farm. I have che

[ha-Safran]: Ms. cataloging problem

Within an AACR2rev. 2nd ed., LCAF/LCSH, and VTLS context in an electronic catalog, can anyone suggest a way to make sub-sections of an early codex ms. collection accessible as sub-sections? The collection with which I work is predominately Hebrew language, with major subsections divided accord

RE: [ha-Safran]: A few questions

I can't speak to the question of retaining the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, having never used it, but I would very much encourage you to retain the Jewish Encyclopedia in addition to the Encyclopedia Judaica. The Jewish Encyclpedia still has many fine articles in it, especially those on rabbi

RE: [ha-Safran]: Elazar vs. LC

Dear Poshi-- You might remind him that not all academic libraries use LC, and certainly there are many college, seminary, and professional libraries that do not. I am familiar with large academic libraries that use separate classification systems for Rare Books, for Law, and for their general

RE: [ha-Safran]: fyi - ALA conferences

To me, the issue is less where, than when ALA or its subgroups will be meeting. One of our first time Tuesday speakers shared with me the fact that she would have gladly stayed for the rest of the conference had she not already been committed to attend ALA's RBMS Pre-Conference as well. Dan Re

[ha-Safran]: Technology and public presentations

For those interested, below are the references for the two articles to which I referred yesterday in my comments about selecting tools for my recent AJL paper: 1. Germano, William, "The Scholarly Lecture: How to Stand and Deliver." The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 28, 2003, p. B15.

RE: [ha-Safran]: Congratulations on a wonderful convention

June-- Thanks for your response. I do consider it important to take into account one's audience as well as the nature of the material one is showing when making a presentation. Nonetheless, as a rare book and manuscript librarian, I see myself on the cutting edge of things when it comes to t

[ha-Safran]: Rav Kook

I have had a patron request the source in Rav A.I. Kook's writings for the view that the human soul in this world is like an inverted tree with its Root in the heavens. According to this view, if one lives one's life nourished by the Root, one's life will be fruitful, and one will be cultivati

RE: [ha-Safran]: Congratulations on a wonderful convention

June-- Thanks for your valuable suggestions in how to "interface" with the hotel on technology issues. My bit of advice to those who would like to make presentations in the future is to look at all the options of how to present, and not just jump right in to a high level of technology. Elect

RE: [ha-Safran]: Congratulations on a wonderful convention

Thanks, Shelli, for writing to ha-Safran and for sharing your response to the convention. In the FYI department, I have learned to pace myself at these events. I no longer feel obligated to attend a session in every time slot where they are scheduled, though, of course, I attend many of them.

RE: [ha-Safran]: Need books by Samuel Sandmel

Assuming your patron doesn't care about editions, printings, etc., and assuming some are still in print in some form, I would suggest ordering through his/her local independent bookstore. For out of print titles, or for a collector wanting all first editions, printings, etc. in dust jackets in

RE: [ha-Safran] 350th book

I would suggest Potok's last book, "Old Men at Midnight". It may look at firsr glance pretty somber, but I found it very uplifting. Dan Rettberg Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions

[ha-Safran]: Contact info. for Mekitse Nirdamim

Thanks very much to everyone who responded to my inquiry. I very much appreciate your willingness to help. One response, in particular, I thought might be of interrest to others. Rivka Shveiky of the JNUL Legal Depost Dept. referred me to: Guide of Israeli Publishers by The Jewish National

[ha-Safran]: Mekize Nirdamim

A patron wants to ask permission to cite a publication of the Hevrat Mekitse Nirdamim in print. I have made several attempts to search for a website for the organization both on Microsoft Internet Explorer and on Israeli Google. I have found only offerings of their books for sale via a varie

RE: [ha-Safran]: Volunteer Librarian-Writers Needed - Wikipedia

Steve-- I truly appreciate your concern, and understand your point about this being an opportunity for good. However, assuming that these sites can in fact be changed by anyone at anytime, how long are they likely to remain as we leave them? Dan Rettberg Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer

RE: [ha-Safran]: Recto-Verso

Interesting question. I've been cataloging early Hebraica for about ten years now, and I've always understood the recto to be, in most cases, the first page the reader encounters, and, yes, on a Hebrew book it would be the page on the left, while in an English book it would be on the right. I

RE: [ha-Safran]: Ovid

Of course, ideally, you would read him in Latin (Don't worry, my Latin isn't good enough either). What I would do is get a good English translation with notes, of the kind commonly used for college level courses, such as one from a series like the Penguin Classics or the Harvard Classics. If

RE: [ha-Safran]: Calendar Dates of Easter and Passover

To begin with, try reading the EJ, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the New Catholic Encyclopedia on "calendar". It is a complex issue. Calendar is indeed Halakhah for everyone. Even the Christian world is not in agreement on calendar. Western Christianity (i.e. Western European Christianity

RE: [ha-Safran] Foundation Grants

Your patron might try consulting the website of the Foundation Center in Atlanta, and perhaps contacting them. There website address is <http://fdncenter.org/> In addition, your main public library should be a good source of such material. Dan Rettberg Rare Book and Man

RE: [ha-Safran]: Web literacy

Thanks, Alba, for a timely response. It might be noted that the three questions you list as appropriate to ask of a website are also the same basic questions a critical reader asks of a book. Of course, in the case of the third question, the reader must know how to "ask" the book the garden v

RE: [ha-Safran]: Haggadot from the South before the Civil War

I also did a quick search in our catalog from 1835-1870. I found 17 separate printings of the Haggadah, all in New York, and almost all by the Frank Press (as below), some with German, and some with English translations. This did not surprise me. One of the things I learned as a result of li

RE: [ha-Safran]: Omer and self-improvement

I remember some years ago seeing a manual by or with the participation of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi on counting of the Omer. I have tried more than once to find it, but have not been successful. If anyone else knows it, please let us know. dan Rettberg Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jew

RE: [ha-Safran]: Subject search vs. Key Word

I would say it depends on what you want. Key word searching makes it possible to cast a large net, and to get lots of "hits". Unfortunately, if you are looking for something quite specific, most of those hits will be "false drops", and you will end up perhaps not finding the "tree for the for

RE: [HaSafran} Help! Good prayer stories for children?

Dear Colleagues-- This is indeed both an interesting and (to me) inspiring anecdote. I am preparing a paper for AJL in June dealing with inscriptions of the owners/users of Hebrew Psalters preserved in the HUC/Cincinnati collections. I am attempting to set a context for their remarks by exam

RE: [ha-Safran]: Need for librarians in Jewish Institutions.

Dear Rivka-- I am very glad to see your interest in Judaica Librarianship, and especially in your desire to serve in a Jewish institution. However, with all due repects to those who serve in such positions, I would suggest that you not be too quick to narrow your horizons, especially in light

[ha-Safran]: Omanut ha-Yehudit

A faculty friend from the University of Cincinnati sent me the following note. We do not have the dust jacket he mentions. Is there anyone out there who can help him? Please do respond to the list, especially if you are addressing the issue of dust jackets in collections. Thanks, Dan Rettbe

RE: [ha-Safran]: Question about how to catalog/display

Andrea-- It sounds as though you have received your first "rare" or "special" acquisition. Congratulations. Collecting such materials can be very interesting and rewarding, and, to my mind, could be a definite part of a school, congregational, or community library program as well. Such items

[Ha-Safran] Responsum

When I sent the below message, I neglected to note that I would like the date of the actual composition of the responsum as well, if it appears at the beginning or the end of the text. Thanks again. Dan Rettberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Ha-Safran] Responsum

Dear Colleagues-- I received a request from a patron this morning for the date of composition of a responsum by Rav Isser Yehuda Unterman, which appears on p. 54 in the 1983 collection of his responsa, "Shevet mi-Yehuda". In that printing the responsum is number 21, and is entitled, "Im mutar

RE: [Ha-Safran] Judaeo-Arabic

Frantz-- I just made a quick scan of the e-mails I received in my absence, having been away from my desk for a few days. It doesn't look like anyone has answered you on the list. Check with a large distributor of scholarly Hebraica. According to our records there was a printing in Jerusalem

RE: [Ha-Safran] Information business

Sounds good to me. Personally, my initial reaction is that I would probably enjoy staying at the hotel the next time I'm in NY (if I could afford it.). Dan Rettberg Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

RE: [Ha-Safran] Information business

I would like to retract a couple of lines of my last message of yesterday afternoon. I should not have repeated common stereotypes of either secretaries or administrators, even though I tried to make it clear that I was only characterizing the prejudices of others, and in no way espousing them

RE: [Ha-Safran] Information business

Thanks, Ted. I'ld like to thank you and everyone else who has written in response to one or another point. I believe we are at our best as an organization and on this list when we are discussing such issues. So, where are the rest of our friends and colleagues out in Virtual Land? Let's hea

RE: [Ha-Safran] Information business

Thanks, Eli, for an erudite and thought-provoking response. But, I do have a couple of caveats (You thought I woudn't?!). You say, "It is about time that we present ourselves using current terminology." You also say, "We should feel comfortable using those terms because they accurately descri

RE: [Ha-Safran] Information business

Dear Jeff-- I hope I did make you "jump back in your chair"! That was exactly the response I wanted. With all due respects, did you read the rest of my message? If you did, you know that I certainly do not think that a librarian ia a clerk "who shelves books and dusts bookshelves". If you r

RE: [Ha-Safran] OCLC, Dewey, trademarks, and heavy-handedness

Ted, It seems to me that you have "hit the nail on the head", only I'm afraid you and I may be using different nails and maybe even a different hammer. I think we both recognize the issue of whether or not a brand name can be owned, but it's clear to me that you think "Dewey" and "Kleenex, et

RE: [Ha-Safran] OCLC, Dewey, trademarks, and heavy-handedness

Thanks, Ted, for your helpful comments. Perhaps the problem is mine, but I find myself less disturbed by the idea that someone would attempt to use the name "Dewey" and it's attendant classification system for other than direct library purposes, than I am by the idea that a classification syste

RE: [Ha-Safran] S'forno Commentary

The Sforno is one of the commentaries usually printed in a large Mikraot gedolot. An English translation in (I believe) two v. is currently in print with ArtScroll. Dan Rettberg Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] =

RE: [Ha-Safran] OCLC

Something I see no one questioning is how a system that started life as a private creation, and that has been used in non-profit circumstances for much of its life can suddenly have trademark law applied to it. Is this true of other classification systems as well? If I wish to start a public

RE: [ha-Safran]: Cataloguing Time

First, let me both congratulate you on the opportunity to work with such materials, and to commiserate over the size of the task. You don't say what background you bring to the work. If I recommend a few helps of which you are already aware, please forgive me. You should know that, depending

RE: [ha-Safran]: Jewish storytelling/tellers and catalogers

As to cataloging, off the top of my head, I don't have an answer for you, but certainly libraries (private as well as university/public) in earlier times in Europe had all sorts of ways of indicating ownership and place on the shelf in their collections. I would assume that this was true of the

RE: [ha-Safran]: Worms!

How old are the books? Are you sure the holes represent an active infestation? Rare book collections can include any number of pieces with "worming", but the infestation is usually quite old, and the worms are no longer present. Dan Rettberg Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute

RE: [ha-Safran]: Biblical dictionary

The two standard scholarly dictionaries in this area are: 1. "Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament", ed. F. Brown, S.R. Driver, and C.A. Briggs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, many printings. (If money is a problem, you can do well enough with an earlier printing, available through the u

RE: [ha-Safran]: Ayin and Alef

Assuming you are cataloging electronically, into which utility are you "dumping" your records? You will need to consult the manuals they have issued under "diacritical marks" to learn which keys produce the "alif" (= alef) and "ayn" (=ayin). I am familiar with OCLC, RLIN, and with VTLS. We us

RE: [ha-Safran]: English Nefesh haChayim & Aruch Ha-Shulchan?

Dear Jeff-- I can find no English translations of the Arukh ha-Shulhan, or of the Nefesh ha-Chayim. I did find a French translation of the latter work (L Ame de la Vie=Nefesh ha-Chayim, LaGrasse, 1986). I don't think you can do much better than to make sure you have all the standard translati

RE: [ha-Safran]: Old Sefarim

My apologies to all my friends and colleagues who are from countries other than the U.S. I'm afraid I wrote in haste when I wrote, "... cultural heritage as American Jews." I was simply thinking of the kinds of pieces I have personally seen. I am aware of Trade Haggadot from Israel, as an ex

RE: [ha-Safran]: Old Sefarim

Perhaps, surprisingly enough, these concerns should at least be in the "aware" zone for congregational and community librarians as well. Daniel's concerns are real too, but the other side of the quotient are the seventeenth-early nineteenth century books that are sometimes sent for burial beca

RE: [ha-Safran]: Old Sefarim

But, don't get discouraged. Condition is only one factor in determining the value of an older book. Such categories as authorship, which printing, who the printer is, how many copies survive, whether it has other "draws" for a collector besides its immediate content (i.e. some connection to l

RE: [ha-Safran]: Old Sefarim

I'm afraid that in our haste to advise on what constitutes "value" in an older book, Daniel Stuhlman and I forgot to address what seems to be your primary question, namely how to care for an older fragile book one wishes to retain in the collection. The basics are: 1. Make or purchase a box fo

RE: [ha-Safran]: Judaism and cults

Thanks, Elisheva. You sum up my feelings on the subject well. The book I recommended is a serious scholarly study, and is not at all in the class of some materials we collect here at HUC in the name of academic freedom (white supremicist writings, for example), but that, privately, we may wish

RE: [ha-Safran]: Judaism and Cults

Over the years I have discovered that when it comes to academic studies of any kind (This book was based on Rabbi Harris-Shapiro's doctoral dissertation), the body of the work, and especially the notes and bibliographies, are far more important than the conclusions. I saw this work as a resour

RE: [ha-Safran]: Judaism and Cults

You may wish to consult the book, "Messianic Judaism: a rabbi's journey through religious change in America," by Carol Harris-Shapiro (Boston: Beacon Press, 1999). Dan Rettberg Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==