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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Hiyya Rofe". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007): "Ḥiyya Rofe"
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