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Joseph ben Ephraim Karo

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Joseph ben Ephraim Karo see Caro, Joseph ben Ephraim .

Author not available, KARO, JOSEPH BEN EPHRAIM., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008



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