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NEW!!! On This Very Day When is the Correct Day to Celebrate Shavuoth?
Surely, as a Karaite, it would be very tempting to assume a priori that the Karaite point of view is the correct one and the Rabbanite view is the incorrect
one. However, I have decided that, in order to be a true Karaite, I must not automatically accept the Karaite view! Rather, I must "search well in the scriptures,
and not rely upon anyone’s opinion."
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NEW!!! “An Eye for an Eye” (עין תחת עין) Is it Meant to Be Taken Literally?
Some Karaites believe that the phrase “an eye for an eye” is meant to be taken literally. As one well-known Karaite once told me, “a true Torah
government will have a department which renders the appropriate bodily punishments, such as the removal of an eye or the knocking out of a tooth.”
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Karaite FAQ List of Frequently Asked Questions about Karaism.
Karaite Insights has gathered all of your most common questions about Karaism into a single, handy article. The Karaite Insights
FAQ is updated and expanded on a regular basis, so be sure to check back periodically.
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Yom HaKippurim (יום הכיפורים) The Day of Getting Yehowah to Cover His Eyes And Forget.
Yom HaKippurim is generally translated as "The Day of Atonement", but "atonement", like "holy", is one of those words which has
long ago been emptied of all its meaning. Thus the only remaining definition for atonement is, "atonement", meaning that the definition has
become circular and essentially meaningless.
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The Soul, The Breath, and the Name of Yehowah
Last night, after spending the Shabbat with some wonderful friends, I came home, and as I stood outside my home, looking up at the
stars, I was suddenly aware of the endless depth of the universe, interrupted only by the sweet scents of the evening air of late spring.
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What is the Shabbath?
The Shabbath occurs once every seven days and is generally translated as "The Day of Rest". On Shabbath we are supposed to
refrain from something called "melacha" (מלאכה). There are many different opinions
as to what this word means
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The Holocaust That Was and the Holocaust That Will Be
After spending almost an entire school year teaching at a particular high school in Jerusalem where the
students were indoctrinated daily with anti-Torah and anti-Israel philosophies
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Yom HaTeruah The Day of Noise-Making to Gain Yehowah's Remembrance.
Yom HaTeruah falls on the First Day (Rosh Hodesh) of the Seventh biblical month. It is translated alternatively as "The Day of Shouting"
or "The Day of Trumpets"
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This Month Shall Be For You A Thorough Refutation of the Rabbinical Idea that Yom HaTeruah is Rosh HaShana.
On the first day of the seventh biblical month, the Torah commands us to celebrate Yom HaTeruah, as it says in Leviticus 23:24
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What is Karaism?
It seems the unfortunate task of our generation to, given a twisted piece of wreckage, somehow reconstruct the original. The
times we live in are complicated
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Tefillin (Phylacteries) A Different Perspective On Tefillin And The Geulah. When will the geulah (redemption) come? According to many religious Jews it will come when the entire nation of Israel starts » |
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