Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american orthodox rabbi affiliated with the chabad-lubavitch movement”. Today it says “chabad -affiliated american orthodox rabbi”.
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Abraham Hecht ( Avraham Berl Hecht ) (April 5, 1922 – January 5, 2013) was an American Orthodox rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, and was president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabanim .1 Hecht as one of America's most articulate Orthodox rabbinic leaders. Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah , he was rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shaare Zion of Brooklyn, New York; the largest Sephardic congregation in North America, comprising more than 3,500 families which he served for more than fifty years.2Jewish Telegraphic Agency (reprinted in the Jewish news weekly of Northern California ) .3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Abraham Hecht ( Avraham Berl Hecht ) born on April 5, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York; is an American Orthodox rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, and is president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America - Igud HaRabanim . Hecht as one of America's most articulate Orthodox rabbinic leaders. Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah , he is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shaare Zion of Brooklyn, New York; the largest Sephardic congregation in North America, comprising more than 3500 families which he served for more than fifty years. Jewish Telegraphic Agency (reprinted in the Jewish news weekly of Northern California ) .
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Abraham Hecht ( Avraham Berl Hecht ) (April 5, 1922 – January 5, 2013) was a Chabad -affiliated American Orthodox rabbi , and president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabanim .Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah , Hecht was regarded by some as one of America's most articulate Orthodox rabbinic leaders. Jewish Telegraphic Agency (reprinted in the Jewish news weekly of Northern California ) .
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Abraham Hecht ( Avraham Berl Hecht ) (April 5, 1922 – January 5, 2013) was a Chabad -affiliated American Orthodox rabbi , and president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabanim . Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah , Hecht was regarded by some as one of America's most articulate Orthodox rabbinic leaders.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American Orthodox rabbi Abraham Hecht ( Avraham Berl Hecht ) (April 5, 1922 – January 5, 2013) was a Chabad -affiliated American Orthodox rabbi , and president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabanim . Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah , Hecht was regarded by some as one of America's most articulate Orthodox rabbinic leaders.
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american orthodox rabbi affiliated with the chabad-lubavitch movement
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chabad -affiliated american orthodox rabbi
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