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- ↑ Adler, Cyrus; Singer, Isidore, eds. (1918). "Aaron Moses ben Mordecai". The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Vol. 1. Funk & Wagnalls. p. 19.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Aaron Moses ben Mordecai". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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