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Bruriah: what Wikipedia removed

Bruriah was a Talmudic sage and the daughter of Rabbi Hananiah ben Teradion, one of the rabbis executed by Rome for defying its ban on teaching Torah. The 2010 and 2015 openings named her father as “one of the ‘Ten Martyrs’,” the rabbis put to death by Rome. The opening today calls him only “Haninah ben Teradion,” with no mention of his martyrdom, though the word survives once in the body. A reader today learns Bruriah’s father’s name but not that Rome executed him for teaching Torah.

The word “martyr” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The opening’s earlier phrasing naming her ‘one of several woman quoted as a sage,’ reworded in the current description.
  • The description of her father as one of the Ten Martyrs executed by Rome, dropped from the opening; the word survives once in the body.
  • A reference to Talmudic commentaries, including Rashi on Tractate Avodah Zarah, dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 363370749):

Bruriah ( Template:Lang-he-n ) is one of several woman quoted as a sage in the Talmud . She was the wife of the Tanna Rabbi Meir and the daughter of Rabbi Hananiah Ben Teradion , who is listed as one of the ” Ten Martyrs .” She is greatly admired for her breadth of knowledge in matters pertaining to both halachah and aggadah , and is said to have learned from the rabbis 300 halachot on a single cloudy day (Tractate Pesachim 62b). Her parents were put to death by the Romans for teaching Torah , but she carried on their legacy. Bruriah was very involved in the halachic discussions of her time, and even challenges her father on a matter of ritual purity ( Tosefta Keilim Bava Kamma 4:9). Her com…

2025 (revision 1289678334):

Jewish sage For the women’s Talmud study program, see Midreshet Lindenbaum . Beruriah (also Bruriah ; Hebrew : ברוריה , romanized : Bəruryā , lit. ’ Certain is YHWH ’ or ברוריא ) is one of several women quoted as one of the Chazal (Talmudic sages). She was the wife of the tanna Rabbi Meir and the daughter of Haninah ben Teradion .

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