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Gedaliah Nadel

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “known as one of the heads of kollel chazon ish and was the leading decider of jewish law in the chazon ish neig”. Today it says “influential rabbi in israel's haredi community”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli rabbi Rabbi”. It now reads “Israeli Haredi rabbi”.
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Gedaliah Nadel ( Hebrew : גדליה נדל ; 1923–2004) was an influential rabbi in Israel's Haredi community, and a close disciple of the Chazon Ish . He was one of the heads of Kollel Chazon Ish and was the leading authority of Jewish Law in the Chazon Ish neighbourhood of Bnei Brak . He was an expert in all facets of Torah and Talmudic knowledge. Nadel's grave with visitation stones

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “known as one of the heads of kollel chazon ish and was the leading decider of jewish law in the chazon ish neig”. Today it says “influential rabbi in israel's haredi community”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli rabbi Rabbi”. It now reads “Israeli Haredi rabbi”. Read the current article and compare.
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known as one of the heads of kollel chazon ish and was the leading decider of jewish law in the chazon ish neig

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influential rabbi in israel's haredi community

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