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References
- ↑ Yerushalmi Brachot 2
- ↑ Yerushalmi Bikkurim 3:3, Yerushalmi Bava Metziah 2:3
- ↑ Yerushalmi Terumot 1:1
- ↑ Saul Lieberman, Greek and Greekness in the Land of Israel, Jerusalem: Bialik, 1962, p.18
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