Karaite Jews of Israel

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:country gptkb:Israel
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Rabbinic_Jews
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Karaite_Jews
gptkbp:holiday gptkb:Passover
gptkb:Shavuot
gptkb:Sukkot
gptkb:Yom_Kippur
gptkb:Day_of_Atonement
gptkb:Feast_of_Tabernacles
gptkb:Feast_of_Weeks
gptkb:Unleavened_Bread
gptkb:Yom_Teruah
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Karaite Jews of Israel
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Karaeo-Greek
gptkbp:mainCathedral Karaite Synagogue of Ashdod
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Ashdod
gptkbp:migratory 1950s
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Oral_Torah
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Council_of_Sages
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Crimea
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:population about 30,000
gptkbp:practicedIn do not accept Talmud
calculate calendar by observation
circumcise male infants
do not accept Kabbalah
do not accept Midrash
do not accept Mishnah
do not accept Zohar
do not accept rabbinic authority
do not accept rabbinic blessings
do not accept rabbinic conversion
do not accept rabbinic customs
do not accept rabbinic divorce
do not accept rabbinic exegesis
do not accept rabbinic fasts
do not accept rabbinic holidays
do not accept rabbinic interpretations
do not accept rabbinic traditions
do not celebrate Hanukkah
do not celebrate Purim
do not eat leaven during Passover
do not light fire on Sabbath
do not mix meat and milk
do not recite rabbinic prayers
do not use kippah
do not use mezuzah
do not use musical instruments on Sabbath
do not use phylacteries
do not use rabbinic calendar
do not use rabbinic marriage contracts
do not wear tefillin
men and women pray together
observe barley harvest for calendar
observe biblical commandments literally
observe dietary laws
observe new moon by sighting
observe ritual purity laws
pray facing Jerusalem
read Torah in Hebrew
use tallit only during prayer
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
Israeli Rabbinate
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Karaite_Judaism
gptkbp:religiousLeader gptkb:Hakham
gptkbp:scripture gptkb:Tanakh
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chief_Hakham_of_the_Karaite_Jews_of_Israel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7