We recently received a copy of:
Meir tefilah :
be-`inyene tefilah u-ferushah.
Publication: Yerushalayim : [s.n.], 2006
The name of the author does not appear on the title page. In
addition, there are four approbations where the name of the author
has been whited-out. I am not familiar with si
Paul,
I saw several books with the same pattern. The reason is modesty. The
author does not want to publicize himself.
In many cases I found help with Bar-Ilan online catalog and/or the
catalog of the Jewish National and University Library (JNUL) in
Jerusalem where the name was discovered.
As
I disagree with Aviva and agree with Paul and Yaakov.
As a former Rabbinics cataloger at Bar-Ilan University there were
several reasons that the authors name didn't appear.
1. Modesty
2. If it was a Haredi children's book and the author was a women for
modesty reasons (and so that the book would
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Subject: [ha-Safran]: A strange approbation
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Paul,
I saw several books with the same pattern. The reason is modesty. The
author does not want to publicize himself.
In many cases I found help with Bar-Ilan online catalog and/o
Dear Paul,
From my experience in the Legal Deposit Department of JNUL, books
with no author's name and deletion of the name from the Haskamot is
not a rare phenomenon. The reasons for keeping anonymity are all the
reasons both Gita and Aviva mentioned. Another reason for anonymity
in Haredic b
Dear Paul,
From my experience in the Legal Deposit Department of JNUL, books
with no author's name and deletion of the name from the Haskamot is
not a rare phenomenon. The reasons for keeping anonymity are all the
reasons both Gita and Aviva mentioned. Another reason for anonymity
in Haredic b
x27;akov Aronson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:14 PM
To: Rivka Shveiky
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: A strange approbation -- additional reasons
I want to complain about gender discrimination! Yossi and I wrote
Paul giving approximately the same explanation about why an
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