Wikipedia's first sentence called it “senior lecturer at yeshivas mir”. Today it says “israeli rabbi and the senior lecturer at the mir yeshiva in israel”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Students”.
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Asher Arieli ( Hebrew : אשר אריאלי , Yiddish : אשר אריאלי ; born 1957) is an Israeli rabbi and the senior lecturer at the Mir Yeshiva in Israel. He is globally renowned for his lectures on Talmud and is widely recognized as a leading figure in the haredi community. He presently delivers the largest Talmudic lecture by attendance in the world with over 1000 daily attendees. His primary, daily shiur begins at 12:20pm and is streamed live at Kol Haloshon.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Rabbi Asher Arieli (right) speaking to a student Asher Arieli is a senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir . He is globally renowned for his lectures and is widely recognized as a Gadol in his own right. He presently delivers the largest Talmudic lecture by attendance in the world with approximately 600 daily attendees.
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Rabbi Asher Arieli (born 1957) is the senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir in Israel.He is globally renowned for his lectures on Talmud and is widely recognized as a Gadol in his own right. He presently delivers the largest Talmudic lecture by attendance in the world with approximately 700 daily attendees.
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Rabbi Asher Arieli (born 1957) is the senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir in Israel. He is globally renowned for his lectures on Talmud and is widely recognized as a Gadol in his own right. He presently delivers the largest Talmudic lecture by attendance in the world with 1000 daily attendees.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Rabbi Asher Arieli (born 1957) is the senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir in Israel. He is globally renowned for his lectures on Talmud and is widely recognized as a Gadol in his own right. He presently delivers the largest Talmudic lecture by attendance in the world with over 1000 daily attendees.His primary, daily shiur begins at 12:15pm and is streamed live at Kol Haloshon.
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Then
senior lecturer at yeshivas mir
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israeli rabbi and the senior lecturer at the mir yeshiva in israel
Sections that no longer exist
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Students
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