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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Franco, M.; Kohler, Kaufmann; Broydé, Isaac; Deutsch, Gotthard (1903). "Galante". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 547–548.
- ↑ Shai Cabessa (2020). A Legacy of Torah: Insights/Parsha/Sphardi GeDoLim. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-60091-807-0.