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References
- Saul Schechter, Solomon and A.S. Waldstein. "Jose b. Saul." Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, 1901-1906, citing:
- Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. iii. 598;
- Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ii. 221, Warsaw, 1882.
