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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Enelow, H. G. (1901–1906). "Amigo, Abraham". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ed. Benjacob, ii.122-138;
- Fünn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 11;
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 53.
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