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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Gotthard Deutsch and Louis Ginzberg (1901–1906). "Ashkenazi, Bezalel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 550; idem, Kiryah Ne'emanah, p. 240.
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