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- ↑ Shabbat 15a, Sefaria
- ↑ A history of the Mishnaic law of Holy Things: Volume 2 - Page 199 Jacob Neusner - 1978 "... had been received by him from "Miyyasha who had received it from Abba, who had received it from Shammai and Hillel, the last Zug." But Rabban Gamaliel I was the grandson, perhaps the son, of Hillel, whom he had ..."
- ↑ Cutler, Allan (1966). "Does the Simeon of Luke 2 Refer to Simeon the Son of Hillel?". Journal of Bible and Religion. 34 (1): 29–35. JSTOR 1460564.
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