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Menahem Recanati
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “italian rabbi who flourished at the close of the thirteenth century and in the early part of the fourteenth”. Today it says “italian rabbi who was born and died in the city of recanati”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Italian rabbi Title page of the first edition of Rabbi Recanati's commentary on the Torah (Venice, 1523)”. It now reads “Italian rabbi (1223–1290) Title page of the first edition of Rabbi Recanati's commentary on the Torah (Venice, 1523)”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Menahem ben Benjamin Recanati ( ) was an Italian rabbi who flourished at the close of the thirteenth century and in the early part of the fourteenth.1 He was the only Italian of his time who devoted the chief part of his writings to the Kabbala .2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “italian rabbi who flourished at the close of the thirteenth century and in the early part of the fourteenth”. Today it says “italian rabbi who was born and died in the city of recanati”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Italian rabbi Title page of the first edition of Rabbi Recanati's commentary on the Torah (Venice, 1523)”. It now reads “Italian rabbi (1223–1290) Title page of the first edition of Rabbi Recanati's commentary on the Torah (Venice, 1523)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
italian rabbi who flourished at the close of the thirteenth century and in the early part of the fourteenth
Now
italian rabbi who was born and died in the city of recanati
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