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Why Karaism: Debating Dan Ross Part 5

In Acts of Faith, Dan Ross spends a significant amount of his chapter on discussing the "atrocitites" of Karaites during World War II. Six pages in fact pointing out how we gained from a propaganda offensive...

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THE UNKNOWN SCIENCE OF THE HEBREW LETTERS

"We will build a tower that will reach the heavens." said the Babylonians before the winds of Elohim came down upon them and confused their language. This is according to Genesis, the book beginning the five...

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Why Karaism: Debating Dan Ross Part 4

For the purpose of this part of the debate we will shift our focus to Russia. Only because Dan Ross spends a lot of time in Acts of Faith, discussing the Russian influence on Karaism. And since my family was...

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The Women of Bene Israel64

Why Karaism: The Same Old Same Old

For the major content of this hub I'm actually directing the interested reader over to my blog site where the major points of this discussion are taking place. As previous hubs of mine have indicated, there's...

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The Infamous Sa'adiah Gaon71

Why Karaism: Debating Dan Ross Part 3

 In many ways I am fortunate that Rabbanites are so scripturally minded.  In that essence, they produce a perfundity of written documentation and they cannot resist writing about Karaism, simply because we...

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Why Karaism: Debating Dan Ross Part 2

Welcome back. The debate continues. From part one we have seen that no matter how much time has passed, we as Karaites will always be viewed as the 'Fringe', those that somehow just don't belong. It is...

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Why Karaism: Debating Dan Ross Part 1

In the old days it was not unusual for a Karaite scholar to sit across from a Rabbanite clergy and debate the essential differences between our two sects. Those days are sadly gone becuase with our dwinding...

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Karaites in Israel

 Life for Karaites was not easy in the early days after the exodus from Egypt, Crimea and Eastern Europe.  In fact, between the years of 1949 until the early 60s, life was probably hard for all oriental...

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Karaite-Rabbanite Relations

 It has been a while since my last hub.  Such is the price of travelling and working abroad when responsible for developing vaccines in order to save lives.  A basic principle of Karaism, 'that human life...

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Why Karaism: The Nazirite

Understanding the Nazirite should not be a difficult task. The oath is about taking a pledge and dedicating oneself to God for a period of 30 days minimum. By adopting a certain outward appearance, all will...

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