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- ↑ Ben-Zion Rosenfeld (2009). Torah Centers and Rabbinic Activity in Palestine 70-400 C.e: History and Geographic Distribution. BRILL. p. 105. ISBN 978-90-04-17838-0 . Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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