Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ashkenazi rabbi”. Today it says “ashkenazi rabbi and the primary teacher of rabbi yisrael salanter”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Grave on the Mount of Olives Yosef”. It now reads “Ashkenazi rabbi and teacher Yosef”.
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Zundel of Salant (1786-1866) (also known as Zundel Salant ) was an Ashkenazi rabbi , and the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter . Zundel was born in 1786 in Salantai , Lithuania . Little is known of his early years. He descended from Rabbi Fayvush Ashkenazy of Vilna (late 17th-early 18th century) and his father was Rabbi Benyamin Beinush , who was a shochet and chazzan in Salant. As a young man, Zundel studied in the Volozhin Yeshiva under Rabbi Chaim Volozhin . Following Rabbi Chaim's death in 1821, Zundel would make trips to study with Rabbi Akiva Eiger . Zundel provided the spiritual inspiration for his most famous student, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter , the founder of the Mussar Movement . In 1837, Zundel settled in Jerusalem where he served as one of the leaders of the Ashkenazi community. Salant died on Friday 12 October, (3rd Cheshvan) 1866 and was buried on the Mount of Olives .1
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' Yoseph Zundel of Salant (1786–1866) (also known as Zundel Salant ) was an Ashkenazi rabbi , and the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter .
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Grave on the Mount of Olives Yosef Zundel of Salant (1786–1866) (also known as Zundel Salant ) was an Ashkenazi rabbi and the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter .
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Ashkenazi rabbi and teacher Yosef Zundel of Salant (1786–1866) (also known as Zundel Salant ) was an Ashkenazi rabbi and the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter .
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ashkenazi rabbi
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ashkenazi rabbi and the primary teacher of rabbi yisrael salanter
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