Wikipedia's first sentence called it “glorification of the king") is a principle in jewish law that recommends that mitzvot”. Today it says “glorification of the king") is a concept in judaism that the more jews that are present in a single place”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Principle in Jewish law that recommends that commandments, good deeds, be performed as part of as large a gathering as possible The Hebrew phrase”. It now reads “Principle in Jewish law The Hebrew phrase”.
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Principle in Jewish law that recommends that commandments, good deeds, be performed as part of as large a gathering as possible The Hebrew phrase b'rov am hadrat melech (ברב עם הדרת מלך, "in multitudes there is glorification of the king") ( Proverbs 14:28) is a concept in Judaism that the more Jews that are present in a single place, the more God's honor is increased.1 This concept has applications to the performance of Torah commandments in a public setting, as well as the gathering of Jews to protest Sabbath desecration or other willful violations of Torah law by, for example, the government.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
B'rov am hadrat melech (ברב עם הדרת מלך, "in multitudes there is glorification of the king") is a principle in Jewish law that recommends that mitzvot (commandments, good deeds) be performed as part of as large a gathering as possible, with the intention of providing greater honor to God.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Hebrew phrase b'rov am hadrat melech (ברב עם הדרת מלך, "in multitudes there is glorification of the king") ( Proverbs 14:28) is a principle in Jewish law that recommends that commandments , good deeds, be performed as part of as large a gathering as possible, with the intention of providing greater honor to God.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Principle in Jewish law The Hebrew phrase b'rov am hadrat melech (ברב עם הדרת מלך, "in multitudes there is glorification of the king") is a concept in Judaism that the more Jews that are present in a single place, the more God's honor is increased. This concept has applications to the performance of Torah commandments in a public setting, as well as the gathering of Jews to protest Sabbath desecration or other willful violations of Torah law by, for example, the government.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Principle in Jewish law The Hebrew phrase b'rov am hadrat melech ( ברב עם הדרת מלך , "in multitudes there is glorification of the king") is a concept in Judaism that the more Jews that are present in a single place, the more God's honor is increased. This concept has applications to the performance of Torah commandments in a public setting, as well as the gathering of Jews to protest Sabbath desecration or other willful violations of Torah law by, for example, the government.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “glorification of the king") is a principle in jewish law that recommends that mitzvot”. Today it says “glorification of the king") is a concept in judaism that the more jews that are present in a single place”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Principle in Jewish law that recommends that commandments, good deeds, be performed as part of as large a gathering as possible The Hebrew phrase”. It now reads “Principle in Jewish law The Hebrew phrase”. Read the current article and compare.
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glorification of the king") is a principle in jewish law that recommends that mitzvot
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glorification of the king") is a concept in judaism that the more jews that are present in a single place
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