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Shmuel Bornsztain (second Sochatchover rebbe)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “known as the shem mishmuel by the title of his eight-volume work of torah and hasidic thought”. Today it says “second rebbe of the sochatchov hasidic dynasty”.
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He was known as the Shem Mishmuel by the title of his nine-volume work of Torah and Hasidic thought. He was a leading Hasidic thinker in early 20th-century Europe and a Rebbe to thousands of Hasidim in the Polish cities of Sochaczew (Sochatchov) and Łódź . Shem Mishmuel: Selections on the weekly parashah and festivals .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “known as the shem mishmuel by the title of his eight-volume work of torah and hasidic thought”. Today it says “second rebbe of the sochatchov hasidic dynasty”. Read the current article and compare.
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known as the shem mishmuel by the title of his eight-volume work of torah and hasidic thought
Now
second rebbe of the sochatchov hasidic dynasty
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