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- ↑ "Six Gedolim Added To Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Of Agudas Yisroel". TheYeshivaWorld.com. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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- ↑ See Emet Kene, a booklet put out by those opposing the validity of the heter meah rabbanim.
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