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- Bloch , in Ha-Eshkol, i.151–154;
- Buber, Anshe Shem, Nos. 215, 508;
- Kohen Tzedek, Liwyat Hen (Supplement to vol. v of Oẓar ha-Sifrut), p. 36.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Case". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
