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Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most eminent orthodox rabbis of the 20th century”. Today it says “one of the most prominent orthodox”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Rabbi Zevin sitting next to Abba Eban”. It now reads “Israeli Orthodox rabbi and scholar (1888–1978)”.
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Shlomo Yosef Zevin ( Hebrew : שלמה יוסף זווין ; born 1888; died 28 February 1978) was one of the most prominent Orthodox , Religious Zionist rabbis of the 20th century. He founded the Encyclopedia Talmudit , a Hebrew Halachic Encyclopedia , of which he was chief editor until his death.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most eminent orthodox rabbis of the 20th century”. Today it says “one of the most prominent orthodox”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Rabbi Zevin sitting next to Abba Eban”. It now reads “Israeli Orthodox rabbi and scholar (1888–1978)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
one of the most eminent orthodox rabbis of the 20th century
Now
one of the most prominent orthodox
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