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A fact from Judaism and sneezing appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that life always ended with a sneeze until the time of Jacob, according to one Midrash?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Judaism and sneezing.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:30, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that according to one Midrash, until the time of Jacob life always ended with a sneeze? Source: Jastrow, Marcus; Kohler, Kaufmann (1902). "Asusa, Asuta". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 255–256.
- ALT1: ... that some early rabbis prohibited responding to a sneeze? Source: Jastrow, Marcus; Kohler, Kaufmann (1902). "Asusa, Asuta". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 255–256.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Snowy plover

Created by Ploni (talk). Self-nominated at 15:51, 19 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Judaism and sneezing; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

@Ploni: What a fun article! There are two concerns I have. The first is that there is no citation adjacent to the fact in the article that forms the basis of the first hook. The second is that there may be too much material borrowed from the public domain source for it to qualify for the content-size requirement. The first can be resolved a somewhat easily. On the second issue, I'll evaluate more deeply once the facts have citations adjacent to their presence in the article. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:11, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! I've addressed the first issue. Happy to discuss further the content-size concerns. Ploni^💬 10:05, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, I'll look things over again when I have more than five minutes. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:20, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Using Earwig, I'm satisfied that the only close paraphrasing comes from the 1902 encyclopedia article and is thus permissible. Subtracting that portion of the prose from the total, you clear the minimum character count hurdle. With that, I am satisfied that this hook is good to go! Great work! ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:06, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]