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II ˘È„”È ÔÈ‡ ËÏÚÂÂ≠ÔÒ˜ÈÂÂÚ‚ È„ Ÿ ¯ÚËÎÚ˘ ÈÎ„¯Ó Mordkhe Schaechter Plant Names in Yiddish A handbook of botanical terminology © 2005 YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the publishers, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Picture credit: Al. Sokolovski, BOTANIK, translated by L. Prusman and Y. Schupak, Kiev, 1928 Design and Layout: Boris Budiyanskiy Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN # 0—914512—49—8 Printed in USA
˘È„”È ÔÈ‡ ËÏÚÂÂ≠ÔÒ˜ÈÂÂÚ‚ È„ Ÿ ¯ÚËÎÚ˘ ÈÎ„¯Ó III Publisher's Preface YIVO is very pleased to present the reader with the handbook Plant Names in Yiddish by Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter. The author began preparing this book back in the 1960s and for various reasons could not publish it until now. The body of the book was completed in the late 1970s, the introductory chapters — in the 1990s. Since Dr. Schaechter was unable to complete it, that task has been left to us. Thus, credit for completing the book is YIVO's; much greater credit is due to Dr. Schaechter's chief assistant, David Braun of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and above all, to the author himself. The reader should be aware that YIVO, in the person of the writer of this preface, saw to the proofreading of the introductory chapters (the body of the work was typed on an electric typewriter in the days before computers were common and was proofread at that time); and oversaw the process of printing and publication. No attempt was made to edit the body of the work in any way, so the reader will note that here and there, there are inconsistencies (for example, the author thanks a number of people who have since died without, of course, noting that fact). For technical reasons, the chapter “Plants Names and their Sources” is incomplete, including only the letters alef, beyz and veyz. When a second planned volume is published, we expect to include the rest of the bibliography. The reader will also note that the computerized chapters use a different typeface from the typewritten ones. This should present no problem provided the reader bears in mind, for example, that where italics were used on the computer, underlining was used on the typewriter. So the book is now available to all those who will enjoy reading and consulting it. We know that you share our joy! On behalf of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Dr. Paul Glasser March 2005
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