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Jewish education

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “transmission of the tenets”. Today it says “being passed down from generations”.
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Jewish father teaching a child in 19th-century Podolia . Jewish education ( , Chinukh ) is the transmission of the tenets, principles and religious laws of Judaism . Known as the " people of the book ", Jews value education, and the value of education is strongly embedded in Jewish culture .1 Judaism places a heavy emphasis on Torah study , from the early days of studying the Tanakh . The Oxford Dictionary of Islam .2

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “transmission of the tenets”. Today it says “being passed down from generations”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

transmission of the tenets

Now

being passed down from generations

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