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83The Ethiopian Princess
The Rabbis say that we Karaites don't have the oral traditions to sustain ourselves through the changes of society and civilization. I've always had difficulty accepting that comment considering that we are still here almost 1300 years after our...
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8139 Lashes: Karaite Sabbath
Amongst Karaites the commandment to keep Shabbat as a day of rest is imperative and although it is repeated many times in the Tanach, its vital importance is probably no better stressed than in Exodus 31:12-17: And the LORD spoke unto Moses,...
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81Generations of the Kahana
From some of the comments I have received regarding my articles, there seems to be a misguided belief by many that the ancestry of today’s Jews has somehow been wiped clean as a result of the Nazis destroying Jewish records throughout Europe. ...
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83Dualism in Judaism
The concept of dualism is integral to Judaism though at first one might not recognize how essential it has been and currently is. From the earliest times, dualism has always been an present as part of Judaism and in most cases these pairs have...
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80Masonic History
Probably one of the most disputed issues amongst intellectuals, let alone Freemasons, is where did it all begin. Most will attribute its establishement to the 18th century when the English Grand Lodge was...
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79Karaite-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 is sacred, all lives, and that the saving...
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79Kohanim and DNA
It's a funny world we live in. Used to be that three centuries of family tombstones engraved with ha-Kohan after the name meant something. Used to mean that one's lineage was without question. Back in the...
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78Karaite History
Those following my hubs will find that there is frequent reference to the Kahana belonging to a particular sect known as the Karaim or Karaites. Where once we numbered in the hundreds of thousands, there are...
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78Prince of the Jews
There are those that will insist that the split between Karaite Jews and Rabbanite Jews is nothing more than a religious squabble. It's usually the Rabbis that are making that claim because if they were to let everyone know how culpable they...
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78Don't Mess With The Zohar
No, this hub has nothing to do with Adam Sandler nor with bad slapstick movies. Anyway, he was called the Zohan in that movie, not the Zohar. The Zohar of this hub refers to the Kabbalahistic book that is often referred to as the Book of Splendor....
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