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- ↑ Carmoly ("La France Israélite," pp. 138-144, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1858)
- ↑ Grätz ("Gesch." 3d ed., viii. 12 et seq.)
- ↑
Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Samuel ben Aaron Schlettstadt". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. - ↑ (Joseph Loanz, whose narrative was published by Grätz in "Monatsschrift," xxiv. 408 et seq.)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Samuel ben Aaron Schlettstadt". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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