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Questions about Karaites, Sadducees, Samaritans, Essenes, and other non-Rabbinic Jewish sects.

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How many threads in the 'Tzitzit' of Karaites?

From this image on the website of the World Karaite Organization, it seems that each side has two cords: one white and one blue. Based on this video, it looks like each cord is made up of four string …
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How would a Rabbinic Jew refute the Karaites' claims?

[I apologize that the answer came out so long. It's a complex subject in my opinion, and so a lot of ground needed to be covered]. I have been thinking about this question for several days now. I was …
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Disproving Samaritan practices/beliefs?

Probably the biggest fallacy is based on the findings of the archeologist Yitzchak Magen who excavated Mt. Gerizzim for over 20 years. He discovered evidence that some sort of Samaritan temple was act …
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According to the Karaites, who invented the Oral tradition?

Well, I have time now to gather together the sources. As I said, the answer is, somewhat humorously, "machloket" (dispute), which just goes to show you that Karaites, in the end, are Jews like any oth …
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Is there a Karaite answer to the Kuzari?

According to Wikipedia, the Kuzari was originally written as a reply by Rabbi Yehudah Halevi to a heretic, likely a Spanish Karaite. Indeed, sections of the book are dedicated to refuting the Karaite …
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Did Ashkenazi Yiddish-speaking (not Crimean Turkic!) Karaites exist?

According to Mikhail Kizilov in his book "The Karaites of Galicia", there were East European Karaites living in places such as Galicia, but they were not regarded as "Ashkenazim" nor did they speak Yi …
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Karaites and the Maan

I don't know if this is exactly the same type of plant that the Malbim is talking about, because he seems to be referring to a medicinal plant, but in The Bible As History by Werner Keller, he identif …
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Chronology in Karaite selicha

In a Karaite siddur from 1527-9 (link, pg. 514), in the section of selichot, there's one selicha that's similar to the rabbinical selicha "מי שענה ל...הוא יעננו". In this case, it's "כשענית ל...עננו". …
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Sadducees and Karaites - same beliefs?

Well, it depends who you ask. Rabbi Avraham de Cologna wrote a kuntress about Karaites, called "Kara Ha'gever". In it, he explains about the history and beliefs of the Karaites. According to him, the …
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