1. Karaite Passover Haggadah: Introduction The karaite Haggadah uses the Biblical narrative to retell the story of theexodus, based on the karaite rite for Passover. http://www.karaite-korner.org/haggadah.shtml

Karaite Passover Haggadah: Introduction The Torah commands us to tell over the story of Exodus on the first night of Passover. The Karaite Haggadah uses the Biblical narrative to retell this story. Check out the newly revised Passover Haggadha (including a revised Karaite translation of the Biblical texts). Includes a free sample of Hebrew with side-by-side English translation. "Order of the Haggadah of the Feast of Passover According to the Custom of the Karaite Jews", The National Religious Council Publication, Jerusalem 1973 "Haggadah or Small Hallel for Passover Eve According to the Custom of the Karaites with a translation in the Russian Language, Each Item in its Place", Shlomoh Firik, Odessa 1901 Most of the Karaite Haggadah consists of Biblical verses. The translation of the Biblical portions presented here are in general based on the King James Version with slight modifications. The divine name (YHVH), which the King James inaccurately translated as "LORD" (in capital letters), has been replaced with the Hebrew "YHWH", representing the original Hebrew Yod-He-Vav-He, the divine name of God. Non-Biblical portions were translated by Nehemia Gordon and are marked at the end of each passage as "(NB)", that is "Non-Biblical". The non-Biblical sections have been bolded so as to distinguish them. In a number of instances the verse numbers in the English Bible are off by one or more from the verse numbers in the Hebrew. This usually takes place when the English Bible fails to count short sentences. When such a difference takes place the English Bible verse numbers are marked in square brackets.

2. KJA - Karaite Jews Of America Search The Scripture Well.. Branch of Judaism that rejects the divine origin of the Talmud. History, beliefs,events, photos, and family tree. http://www.karaites.org/

History and Customs Announcements FAQ Holiday Calendar ... Guestbook The Karaite Jews of America Con g re g ation B'nai Israel Annie Street Daly City California Do you have a question about the KJA or Karaism contact Shawn. ... The Website was designed by the help of Elie A. Kheder

3. Karaite Korner - Home Of The World Karaite Movement! The home of the World Movement for karaite Judaism the movement of NehemiaGordon and Meir Rekhavi, who founded it over the last 10 years. http://www.karaite-korner.org/

Karaism is the original form of Judaism as prescribed by God in the Torah. Karaite Judaism rejects later additions to the Tanach (Jewish Bible) such as the Rabbinic Oral Law and places the ultimate responsibility of interpreting the Bible on each individual. Karaism does not reject Biblical interpretation but rather holds every interpretation up to the same objective scrutiny regardless of its source. To receive notifications of New Moon Sightings, Abib, New Articles, and other important updates please Subscribe to the Karaite Korner Newsletter. What is Karaite Judaism Karaite Declaration of Faith Karaite FAQ Karaite Fact Sheet ... Karaites in the Holocaust? Articles Bible Faq Tzitzit (Fringes) Tefillin (Phylacteries) Is Shaving Forbidden? ... Glossary of Terms Calendar New Moon in the Bible Monthly New Moon Sightings Abib (Barley) Abib Pictures ... (Feast of Booths/ Tabernacles) Links Light of Israel Teachings of Hakham Rekhavi Audio Teachings Karaite Links Resources Buy Karaite Tzitzit! Hebrew Bible Downloads Karaite Siddur Karaite Passover Haggadah ... Recommended Books Keepers of Karaism or Karaite Judaism are known as Karaites or Karaite Jews or in Hebrew as Karaim. Some spell the name as Qaraites, Caraites, Qaraim, Caraim, Qaraite Judaism, Caraite Judaism. In Hebrew it is written Last Updated: Aug 04, 2005

4. Karaism Article by Dr. Daniel Frank on the relationship between medieval karaite philosophyand the Muslim kalaam. http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/J052.htm

Karaism The Karaites ( qara'im , or benei miqra ) take their name from the Hebrew word for Scripture. The sect's scripturalism originated in its rejection of the 'Oral Law' embodied in rabbinic literature. Like earlier scripturalist groups - notably the Sadducees - Karaites sought to derive their practices directly from the biblical text. While Karaism is usually traced to mid-eighth-century Iraq, the early history remains murky. The sect crystallized in the Islamic East during the late ninth and early tenth centuries, calling forth stern reactions from the leaders of mainstream rabbinic Judaism. Although harsh at times, the ensuing polemics stimulated both Karaite and Rabbanite scholarship in the fields of biblical exegesis, Hebrew grammar and lexicography, jurisprudence and religious philosophy. The two groups differed sharply over points of law and practice - the calendar, dietary laws, Sabbath regulations - but typically concurred on questions of theology. The Mu'tazilite phase The post-Maimonidean phase 1. The Mu'tazilite phase Early medieval Jewish thinkers of both Rabbanite and Karaite persuasion found the kalam (speculative theology) of the Muslim rationalistic school known as the Mu'tazila congenial to their outlook and adopted many Mu'tazilite ideas (see Ash'ariyya and Mu'tazila ). The Mu'tazilites' uncompromising definitions of God's unity and justice inform the writings of leading Rabbanites like

5. Www.radioezra.com Radio Voice of the World karaite Movement. http://www.radioezra.com

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6. Scripture And Schism Online Exhibit At JTS The online exhibit on karaites and Samaritans from the Jewish Theological Seminary. http://www.jtsa.edu/library/exhib/scrips/

@import url(../newexhibit.css); Exhibit at the JTS Library December 14, 2000 - April 5, 2001 Online selections available indefinitely close exhibit window view exhibit images Introduction: The Makings of a Jewish Schism Who are the Samaritans and the Karaites? The Samaritans claim descent from the biblical Israelites of the Northern Kingdom in Samaria, while the Jews trace their origins to Judeans of the Southern Kingdom who were exiled to Babylonia. The Samaritans furthermore accept only the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, as their sacred text. The Karaites accept all twenty-four books of the Hebrew Bible, and in this they agree with the Jews. But ever since their origins in eighth-century Iraq, they have rejected rabbinic law as expressed in the Talmud. They maintain instead that the Bible is the sole authentic source of Jewish law. The Samaritans and the Karaites do not have much in common beyond their special relationship to Scripture. While the two groups had some limited contact and even influence on each other during the Middle Ages, their histories have taken completely different paths. The Samaritans have always lived within pilgimage distance of their place of worship, Mount Gerizim, near Shechem in Samaria. Although during ancient and medieval times, Samaritans lived as far away from Mount Gerizim as Cairo, Damascus, and the Greek isles, the Samaritan diaspora rarely rivaled the Shechem community in religious and cultural importance.

7. Karaite Korner - Home Of The World Karaite Movement! The home of the World Movement for karaite Judaism the movement of Nehemia Gordon and Meir Rekhavi, who founded it over the last 10 years. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

8. Karaimai A very good site on Karaism put out by the Lithuanian karaite community. One should keep in mind that Lithuanian karaites consider themselves an ethnic, not a religious group. http://daugenis.mch.mii.lt/karaimai/index_en.htm

9. Karaite Korner - Holiday Dates Find out the dates of this year's Holidays according to the true Biblical Calendar, based on the Abib (ripening barley) and crescent New Moon. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

10. Karaites In Derazne A poetic narrative about destruction of the community, and a seemingly very thorough site. http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~mnosonov/kar/

SUMMARY Karaites in Derazne: a poetic narrative about destruction of the community " by M. Nosonovsky (USA), V. Shabarovsky (Ukraine). A history of the Karaite (Karaim) community in Derazne (modern Derazhno of Rivne region in Ukraine) is considered and a poem by a Karaite scholar Joseph ben Yeshu'a about a destruction of the community by Cossacks in 1649 is presented. A location of the community is analyzed, since some literature sources erroneously identify Derazhne with Derazhnia in Podolia (Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine), while the correct location is in Volhyn ("Derazhno" in Ukrainian or "Derazhnoe" in Russian). The community existed since the late 1500s and was among the most important Karaite centers in Poland in the 1640s. Several scholars lived or were born there (Joseph b. Yeshu'a, Joseph b. Samuael ha-Mashbir, Moses-Levy b. Simkha). The community is mentioned in several Karaite documents in Hebrew originating from Poland and the Middle East, which were preserved in the Firkovich collection of MSs in St.Petertsburg. In 1649 the community was destroyed by Chmielnicki's rebels. Karaites who fled Derazne settled in Luck and other places, their descendants visited Derazne's Karaite cemetery every year during the Days of Repentance until approximately 1890. There are some evidences of Karaite presence in Derazne later until the Haidamaks uprising in 1768, but no signs that the community was of any importance after 1649 were found. Õîòÿ êàðàèìû æèëè âî ìíîãèõ ìåñòàõ, íàèáîëåå çàìåòíûìè áûëè ïîñåëåíèÿ â Ëóöêå, àëè÷å, Êîêèçîâå è Äåðàæíî. Îòíîñèòåëüíî ïîñëåäíåé îáùèíû ñâåäåíèé íå ìíîãî, è îíè ïðîòèâîðå÷èâû. Ïóòàíèöà óñóãóáëÿåòñÿ òåì, ÷òî ïîõîæåå íàçâàíèå (ñëîâî "Äåðàæíÿ" îçíà÷àëî "ìåñòî îáðàáîòêè äðåâåñèíû"), ïðèíàäëåæàëî íåñêîëüêèì íàñåëåííûì ïóíêòàì Óêðàèíû, ñðåäè íèõ íûíåøíèé ðàéöåíòð Äåðàæíÿ â Õìåëüíèöêîé îáëàñòè è ñåëî Äåðàæíîå Êîñòîïîëüñêîãî ðàéîíà Ðîâåíñêîé îáëàñòè (â 40 êì îò Ëóöêà, íà ðåêå îðûíü, ïî-óêðàèíñêè Äåðàæíî, ïî-ïîëüñêè Derazne). Äåðàæíÿ â Ïîäîëèè (â Õìåëüíèöêîé îáë.) ñòàëà êðóïíûì öåíòðîì ïîñëå òîãî, êàê â êîíöå 1860õ ãîäîâ çäåñü áûëà ïîñòðîåíà æåëåçíîäîðîæíàÿ ñòàíöèÿ [4], äîïîëíèòåëüíóþ èçâåñòíîñòü åé ïðèäàë ðàññêàç Øîëîì-Àëåéõåìà «Íåìåö».

11. KJA - Karaite Jews Of America Search The Scripture Well.. Upcoming Events The Board Pictures Family Tree Articles Guestbook The karaite Jews of America Con g re g ation B'nai http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

12. KJA - Karaite Jews Of America Search The Scripture Well.. Rabbanite g irls occupied many different jobs, while karaite g irls were more Some karaite women, especially the poor, were affected by their Muslim nei http://www.karaites.org/Karaite History.htm

History and Customs Announcments FAQ Holiday Calendar ... Guestbook History and Customs Karaite History Who are the Karaites? Karaite Customs and Traditions: The Sabbath ... Circumcision History Judaism, like Christianity and Islam, has developed throu g hout the years different ideas and beliefs by members of the Jewish communities who, at the time, were dissatisfied with the "status quo." In g eneral this dissatisfaction could be traced to political and socioeconomic reasons, as well as to different reli g ious beliefs. As a result, many Jewish sects appeared, preachin g their beliefs and hopin g to carry out the chan g es they felt were necessary. Of all the Jewish sects that appeared durin g the lon g history of Judaism and they were many - none was able to have as serious an effect on the Jewish mainstream as the sect of Karaism. Karaism, whose adherents are called Karaites, stron g ly challen g ed the mainstream and, to some extent, threatened its existence, and was able at times to attract 40 percent of the whole Jewish population. Karaism is the only Jewish sect besides that of the Samaritans that still exists today.

13. KARAITES-USA.ORG What is a karaite? The karaites are the oldest form of Judaism, that given to Moses on Mount Sinai. A karaite holds the Tanakh (Torah, Nevi'im http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

14. Karaim Home Page Although the karaite reformation never became a mass movement, an Religion of KaraimTurks Karaism or karaite Religion http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

15. Judaic Treasures Of The Library Of Congress: The Karaite Humash Cyber encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture that covers everything fromantiSemitism to Zionism. It includes a glossary, bibliography of web sites and http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/loc/karaite_humash.html

Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: The Karaite Humash During the nineteenth century, two editions of the Humash (Pentateuch) were printed in the same part of the world at about the same time. One is a splendid edition of the Five Books of Moses in Hebrew with a Turkish Tatar translation in parallel columns, published by the Karaite The Karaites B'nai Mikra (Children of Scripture), are a Jewish sect which had its beginnings in the eighth century. The sect's chief characteristic is that it accepts the authority of the Bible but rejects the Talmudic rabbinic tradition. At its beginnings, Karaism constituted a serious challenge to traditional rabbinic Judaism, but as time went on its attraction receded. its numbers remained small, concentrated in a few centers in Egypt, Turkey, Syria, the Crimea, and Lithuania. If the main body of Jews and the Karaites differed in matters of faith, they shared a common fate, until the incorporation of the Crimea and Lithuania into the Russian Empire at the end of the eighteenth century, when the situation began to change. In 1795, the Empress Catherine 11 permitted the Karaites to purchase land and relieved them of the double taxation imposed upon other Jews. In 1827, Karaites were exempted from the dreaded military draft, which plucked Jewish children from their families for twenty-five years and more of distant military service. It was obvious to the Karaites that it would be to their advantage to distance themselves as far as possible from other Jews. In memoranda to the Czarist government the

16. This Page Has Moved Meaning and observances of the Feast of Weeks, from a karaite perspective. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3384/karaitekorner-shavuot.html

This Page Has Moved To: http://www.karaite-korner.org/shavuot.shtml

17. Karaites. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 1. See karaite Anthology (ed. and tr. by L. Nemoy, 1952), Z. Ankori, karaites in Byzantium The Formative Years, 9701100 (1957, repr. 1968); http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

18. Karaites Cyber encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture that covers everything fromantiSemitism to Zionism. It includes a glossary, bibliography of web sites and http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Karaites.html

Karaites During the 9th century C.E., a number of sects arose that denied the existence of oral Torah . These sects came to be known as Karaites (literally, People of the Scripture), and they were distinguished from the Rabbanites or Rabbinical Judaism The Karaites believed in strict interpretation of the literal text of the scripture, without rabbinical interpretation.They believed that rabbinical law was not part of an oral tradition that had been handed down from G-d , nor was it inspired by G-d, but was an original work of the sages. As such, rabbinical teachings are subject to the flaws of any document written by mere mortals. The difference between Rabbanites and Karaites that is most commonly noted is in regard to the Sabbath : the Karaites noted that the Bible specifically prohibits lighting a flame on the Sabbath, so they kept their houses dark on the sabbath. The Rabbanites, on the other hand, relied upon rabbinical interpretation that allowed us to leave burning a flame that was ignited before the sabbath. Karaites also prohibited sexual intercourse on the sabbath, while Rabbanites considered the sabbath to be the best time for sexual intercourse. The Karaites also follow a slightly different calendar than the Rabbanites.

19. Karaite Korner - Hag Ha-Sukkot (Booths/ Succos/ Tabernacles) karaite interpretation of Sukkot http://www.karaite-korner.org/sukkot.shtml

Hag Ha-Sukkot On Sukkot (Succos/ Tabernacles) we are commanded to build a Sukkah (Booths) using as building materials the "4 species" listed in Lev 23,40, which the Rabbanites claim are to be carried as a bundle. The Torah commands us to celebrate the Feast of Booths (Hag HaSukkot) for 7 days, from the 15th to the 21st of the Seventh month (Tishrei). This holiday is also known as "Succos" and the "Feast of Tabernacles". Work is forbidden on the 1st day of the seven days. Sukkoth is one of the three "Pilgrimage Festivals" which means every Jewish male is required to come to Jerusalem during this 7 day period. Most laws in the Torah apply to both males and females, however, the Pilgrimage law refers specifically to males. Both males and females are required to dwell in a Sukkah (Booth) for all 7 days of the Festival whether at home or in Jerusalem. Building a Sukkah The Torah requires that we build a Sukka on Hag HaSukkot but does not say how many walls it must have or describe it beyond saying what materials it must be made out of (see below). This means that a Succa does not have to comply to any of the fictitious Rabbinite specifications laid out in Massekhet Succot and other Rabbinic literature. The Torah commands in Leviticus 23,40 that we "take" on the first day of Hag HaSuccot "fruit of a splendorous tree [or, a splendorous fruit tree], date branches, the branch of a thick tree and willows of the creek". Upon first reading this it is not immediately clear what to do with these branches and reeds. The Rabbis claim that one is supposed to make these plants into a bundle which is waved during the prayer service. However, this is not said anywhere in the Tanach. On the contrary, in the Biblical book of Nehemiah (ch.8) we are told of a national gathering in which the Torah is read to the people and they rediscover what is commanded in it. We are told in verses 14-16:

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