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Yissachar Dov Rokeach (fifth Belzer rebbe)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fifth and present rebbe of the hasidic dynasty of belz”. Today it says “fifth”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Orthodox Jewsh Grand Rabbi”. It now reads “Orthodox Jewish Grand Rabbi”.
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Yissachar Dov Rokeach (born 19 January 1948) is the fifth, and present, Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz . He is the son of Rabbi Mordechai of Bilgoray (1902 – 1949), the grandson of the third Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach , and the nephew of the fourth Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach , who raised him.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fifth and present rebbe of the hasidic dynasty of belz”. Today it says “fifth”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Orthodox Jewsh Grand Rabbi”. It now reads “Orthodox Jewish Grand Rabbi”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

fifth and present rebbe of the hasidic dynasty of belz

Now

fifth

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