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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Kohler, Kaufmann; Louis Ginzberg (1901–1906). "Asher b. Meshullam". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:
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