Wikipedia's first sentence called it “location in gehenna”. Today it says “location in gehenna where the souls of jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment”.
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A location in Gehenna (Gehinnom) where the souls of Jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment. Tzoah Rotachat ( Hebrew : צוֹאָה רוֹתֵחַת, tsoah rothachath – "boiling excrement") in the Talmud and Zohar is a location in Gehenna ( Gehinnom ) where the souls of Jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment.1This form of punishment is cited as being of extreme nature, if not the most extreme, in the sense that those individuals sentenced there are not given relief even on Shabbat , and are not released after the standard twelve-month period.2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
"boiling excrement") in the Talmud and Zohar is a location in Gehinnom where the soul of a Jew who committed certain sins is sent for punishment. This form of punishment is cited as being of extreme nature, if not the most extreme, in the sense that those individuals sentenced there are not given relief even on Shabbat , and are not released after the standard twelve-month period.
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Location in Gehenna where the souls of Jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment Tzoah Rotachat ( Hebrew : צוֹאָה רוֹתַחַת , Ṣōʾā Rōṯaḥaṯ – "boiling excrement") in the Talmud and Zohar is a location in Gehenna ( Gehinnom ) where the souls of Jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Location in Gehenna where the souls of Jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment The Tzoah Rotachat ( Hebrew : צוֹאָה רוֹתַחַת , romanized : Ṣōʾā Roṯaḥaṯ , lit. ' boiling excrement ' ) in the Talmud and the Zohar is a location in Gehenna where the souls of Jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “location in gehenna”. Today it says “location in gehenna where the souls of jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment”. Read the current article and compare.
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location in gehenna
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location in gehenna where the souls of jews who committed certain sins are sent for punishment
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