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- ↑ "Stampfer, Shaul".
- ↑ "Liverpool University Press: Imprints". www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk.
- ↑ Shaul Stampfer (2005). Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century: Creating a Tradition of Learning. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. ISBN 978-1-87-477479-2.
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