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Samuel Jacob Rubinstein
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 20th-century french orthodox chief rabbi independent from the consistoire central born in poland”. Today it says “a 20th-century french orthodox chief rabbi”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Rabbi Rubinstein and the Rebbe of Lubavitch, Menachem Mendel Schneerson; Testimony; Customs”.
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Samuel Jacob Rubinstein was a 20th-century French orthodox Chief Rabbi independent from the Consistoire central .1 He was born in Poland.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 20th-century french orthodox chief rabbi independent from the consistoire central born in poland”. Today it says “a 20th-century french orthodox chief rabbi”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Rabbi Rubinstein and the Rebbe of Lubavitch, Menachem Mendel Schneerson; Testimony; Customs”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
a 20th-century french orthodox chief rabbi independent from the consistoire central born in poland
Now
a 20th-century french orthodox chief rabbi
Sections that no longer exist
Present on October 6, 2023, absent today, with no near-matching heading in the current article and the article shorter overall, so this is not a renamed heading or a topic absorbed into a fuller treatment. 3 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 6,879 characters shorter.
- Rabbi Rubinstein and the Rebbe of Lubavitch, Menachem Mendel Schneerson
- Testimony
- Customs
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