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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Crawford Howell Toy and Wilhelm Bacher (1901–1906). "GIKATILLA, MOSES IBN". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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