Re: Samuel Lipschutz

On Apr 28, 3:08=A0am, "Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)"
<sennaj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> I don't see any "mystery". The preoccupation
> with the pedantic spelling of names is modern.
> In the old day the idea of the name was to describe
> a person realtively uniquely, in the context
> of the person life and possible travels. Thus
> those who travelled and lived in different
> countries used to spell their names just to
> describe themselves, i.e. to identify themselves,
> and they would do so to make the things easy
> for the people around them. Thus most likely
> the original Lipschutz's =A0first name was Jewish,
> perhaps Shmuel. And next he used a name which would
> life easier for his new neighborhoods.
>
> While the story of his name might be left with some
> white space, it doesn't mean that it is a mystery
> story. We don't know whether or not I had a headache
> on January 1 of 1964 but it's not a mystery.
>
I'm very sorry that the word "mystery" seems to have made you angry.
"Mystery" is defined as "something not understood or beyond
understanding".

Several credible historians have made mention of Lipschutz's first
name being unknown and misunderstood.  Your random and speculative
explanation of his many first names still does not solve our little
"MYSTERY".