Merge pull request #39 from Sefaria/feat/remove-rebbe-for-author

feat: handle rebbe before author names
Sefaria · Sep 20, 2024 · cd1bf8d · cd1bf8d
2 parents d0f5a07 + 4ae2a22
commit cd1bf8d
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diff --git a/VirtualHavruta/vh.py b/VirtualHavruta/vh.py
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ def preprocess_topic_names(extraction):
             for topic in topic_names:
                 updated_name = topic.strip()
                 updated_topic_names.append(updated_name)
-                if updated_name.lower().startswith('rabbi'):
+                if updated_name.lower().startswith(('rabbi', 'rebbe')):
                     alt_name = updated_name[6:].strip()
                     if alt_name:
                         updated_topic_names.append(alt_name)