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- ↑ Babylonian Talmud Erubin 69b, Yebamoth 101a
- ↑ Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 41b
- ↑ Jerusalem Talmud, Bikkurim 82
- ↑ Babylonian Talmud Pesahim 52b
- ↑ Jerusalem Talmud
- ↑ Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 62a; Hulin 95b
- ↑ Yalkut Shimoni 751 (to Psalm 46)
- ↑ Babylonian Talmud Mo'ed Katan 27a