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Vehi Sheamda
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “short passage in the haggadah of passover seder that deals with saving the people of israel by god”. Today it says “jewish piyyut”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Piyyut written by anonymous”. It now reads “Jewish liturgical poem”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Vehi Sheamda ( Hebrew : וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה ) is a short passage in the Haggadah of Passover Seder that deals with saving the people of Israel by God, from all His enemies. It is customary to read the passage in a melody, and today it is also prevalent as a piyut on its own. It follows the previous paragraph of the text regarding God's promise of ending the exile of the Jews and moreover, setting them free with much wealth.1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “short passage in the haggadah of passover seder that deals with saving the people of israel by god”. Today it says “jewish piyyut”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Piyyut written by anonymous”. It now reads “Jewish liturgical poem”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
short passage in the haggadah of passover seder that deals with saving the people of israel by god
Now
jewish piyyut
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