Wikipedia's first sentence called it “hasidic rebbe”. Today it says “rabbi and the second rebbe of the boston hasidic dynasty founded by his father”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Levi Yitzchak He Levi Horowitz (born 3 July 1921, Boston , Massachusetts , died 5 December 2009, Jerusalem ) was a rabbi and the second rebbe of the Boston Hasidic dynasty founded by his father, Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz .1He was the first American-born Hasidic rebbe and a champion of Orthodox Jewish outreach , reaching out to many students in the Boston area through his New England Chassidic Center.2 He was also the founder of ROFEH International, a community-based medical referral and hospitality liaison support agency. The Unbroken Chain: Biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century, Volume 2 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz (known as the Bostoner Rebbe , born July 3, 1921 in Boston , Massachusetts , died December 5, 2009 in Jerusalem ) was a Hasidic rebbe .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Levi Yitzchak Ha Levi Horowitz (born 3 July 1921, Boston , Massachusetts , died 5 December 2009, Jerusalem ) was a rabbi and the second rebbe of the Boston Hasidic dynasty founded by his father, Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz . He was the first American-born Hasidic rebbe and a champion of Orthodox Jewish outreach , reaching out to many students in the Boston area through his New England Chassidic Center. He was also the founder of ROFEH International, a community-based medical referral and hospitality liaison support agency. The Unbroken Chain: Biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century, Volume 2 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Levi Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz (born 3 July 1921, Boston , died 5 December 2009, Jerusalem ) was a rabbi and the second rebbe of the Boston Hasidic Dynasty founded by his father, Pinchos Dovid Horowitz . He was the first American-born Hasidic rebbe and the founder of ROFEH International, a community-based medical referral and hospitality liaison support agency. The Unbroken Chain: Biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century, Volume 2 .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American rabbi (1921–2009) Levi Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz (born 3 July 1921, Boston , died 5 December 2009, Jerusalem ) was a rabbi and the second rebbe of the Boston Hasidic Dynasty founded by his father, Pinchos Dovid Horowitz . He was the first American-born Hasidic rebbe and the founder of ROFEH International, a community-based medical referral and hospitality liaison support agency. The Unbroken Chain: Biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century, Volume 2 .
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hasidic rebbe
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rabbi and the second rebbe of the boston hasidic dynasty founded by his father
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