Karaite

He rejected the Talmud and became a Karaite.

Kenesa is the term for a Karaite or Persian synagogue.

The differences between Karaite and Rabbinic Judaism go back more than a thousand years.

Karaite Jews maintain that the alyah, too, is prohibited.

Karaite Judaism may have its origins in the Sadducees of the same era.

Karaite Jews however believe that there is no additional Torah besides the 5 books of Moses.

Karaite Jews are eligible for Aliyah under the Law of Return.

Karaite Jews believe that each person should be able to explain the Torah for themselves, instead of following the explanations of the rabbis.

In 1641 Samuel b. David, the Karaite, visited Egypt.

Karaite Judaism does not accept Rabbinic Judaism and has different requirements for conversion.

Was ben Asher a Karaite?

Karaite Judaism: A Guide to its History and Literary Sources.

Karaite Judaism and Historical Understanding.

Karaite Judaism recognizes the Tanakh as the single religious authority of the Jewish people.

Karaite and Karaites may refer to:

Karaite Separatism in 19th Century Russia.

Karaite Jews strive to adhere to the plain or most obvious understanding of the text when interpreting the Tanakh.

Karaite Judaism includes only the Tanakh in its canon, excluding the Talmud.

There has been a theory set forth by some secular scholars suggesting that Aaron ben Asher was a Karaite.

A sharp distinction had long existed between the respective Karaite and Rabbanite communities, among whom traditionally intermarriage was forbidden.

"Aaron ben Joseph, the Karaite".

Most of the secular scholars conclude that Aaron ben Asher was a Karaite, though there is evidence against this view.

Karaite Abraham Firkovich collected the documents arguing in favor of this theory before the Russian tsar.

Karaite Jews are widely regarded as being halachically Jewish by the Orthodox Rabbinate.

Karaite Jews were able to obtain autonomy from Rabbanite Judaism in the Muslim world and establish their own institutions.

The city is also home to the world's largest Karaite community, about five thousand strong.

The city has a significant Karaite population.

Traditional Karaite worship was performed on the knees.

The leaders of the congregation are of Egyptian Karaite background.

During his reign many Karaite communities were destroyed by the Seljuks.

The Karaite tradition originated in Abbasid Baghdad around the 7th century.

Bashyazi wrote also many prayers which were embodied in the Karaite prayer-book (ed.

Traditionally non-proselytizing, Karaite Judaism's long standing abstention from conversions was recently lifted.

From this dates the Karaite custom of reciting the articles of the creed preparatory to slaughtering.

He describes the remnants of the Khazars and the early Crimean Karaite community.

Nehemia Gordon (1972 -) is a Karaite Jew.

Accordingly, in at least some Karaite circles, this day is referred to by the name of Simkhat Torah.

In June 1948, a bomb exploded in Cairo's Karaite quarter, killing 22 Jews.

Thanks to his influence, a large Egyptian Karaite community returned to the fold of Rabbinic Judaism.

An account in the 19th century tells of a Karaite synagogue in Constantinople that had a mezuzah.

Unlike their Karaite neighbors, the Krymchaks suffered the full brunt of anti-Jewish restrictions.

The Talmud (and also Karaite mss.)

The principal, operating place of Karaite worship in Ukraine is located in Yevpatoria, Crimea.

Although the author was misled in some important points, his work furnishes valuable information concerning well-known Karaite scholars, and mentions a great number of previously unknown names.

Various oral traditions, especially the oral tradition of Yemenite Hebrew pronunciation, and the Karaite tradition.

The Karaite subsect founded by Daniel al-Kumisi in the late ninth century CE.

He is known to have attempted to bring about some kind of reconciliation with the Karaites and to have admitted Karaite children to the Jewish school.

Al-Hiti was the author of a chronicle in which he registered all the Karaite scholars and their works down to Israel al-Maghrabi.

A rejoinder to Maimonides in defense of the Karaite calculation of the seven weeks (Steinschneider, Hebr.

He is also a co-founder of the World Karaite Movement, a Karaite revival group.