In Jewish sources, Mendel Theben is referred to as manhig ufarnas ham'dina (English: "leader and chief of the country"), which means that the Jews of the entire kingdom recognised him as their leader.
V židovských zdrojoch sa Mendel Theben nazýva manhig ufarnas ham'dina (vodca a predstavený krajiny), čo znamená, že Židia celého kráľovstva ho uznávali ako svojho vodcu.