“Hayya Ga’on’s” Pitron ḥalomot (Dream Interpretation)
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Jewish printing unified far-flung communities by standardizing religious texts, created textual uniformity, and enabled vernacular translations, and facilitated the spread of Jewish texts and knowledge.
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