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From 40% to less than one: the Karaite Jews who remain
Eli Mendelbaum
Published: 01.04.17, 19:52
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1. Karaite Judsaim was an avant garde movement at its birth
Yossi ,   Brooklyn   (04.01.17)
Karaite divorce is actually fairer to women. There is not Get. Upon the woman's request, the Rabbinate determines if the husband is not fulfilling his obligation, and can enforce a divorce. And that is the case since the ninth century. Karaite Judaism was avant-garde, way ahead of the times.

Also, for Karaite Jews, a Jew is by definition a Zionist. An anti-Zionist Jew is a contradiction.
2. You are misinformed about Qaraite divorce.
Zvi   (04.03.17)
On the occasion of effecting a divorce, the husband places a "Book of Cutting-Off" ("Sefer Keritut") in the Torah's nomenclature, which the rabbis dubbed a Get.
In the early 19th century the Qaraites introduced the change whereby a Qaraite Bayt Din (religious court) may grant the wife a divorce certificate if she complains that her husband did not fulfill his marital obligations to her and peace could not be restored among them.
Qaraite courts had NOT had this authority prior to the 19th century.

Where Qaraite Judaism has always been avante-guard in comparison to Rabbinic Judaism regarding spousal relationships and women's status is the woman's right to her property in the event of divorce and that she has always been deemed a valid witness in the courts, totally equal to men.

As far as Zionism goes, all Qaraites subscribe to the form of religious Zionism inherent in the Miqra; the matter of modern political Zionism is more complex, and I can reveal that I am aware of a few Qaraites with anti-Zionist leanings.
3. The whole system is basrd on myths. No Abraham
(04.03.17)
no Moses, no jew slaves in Egypt, no exodus. All written by people with personal agendas.
4. How can they possibly carry on without Talmud?
froike ,   NY USA   (04.03.17)
5. The latest new form of Judaism Temple Israel Boston
RabbiLooks4PineCone ,   Jerusalem Israel   (04.04.17)
A modern version of "interpretation of Judaism" can be found on the front page of the Boston Globe this week when a picture of the Rabbi of
Temple Israel Boston one of the flagships of Reform Judaism in
America is shown in a hunting position dressed in tight running
pants searching for a pine cone to put on his Seder Table as a
weird symbol of Prison Reform Movement which evidently
the Rabbi finds is his new mission in life . This "flagship" Reform
"Temple" like its other flagship "Temples" has thousands of
people on its membership roles but finds their huge White Elephant
Temples empty on most Friday Nights only an estimated 4%
of Reform Jews are active in their synagogues like the Karites
their future is foretold
6. Tefillin are NOT the "sign" and bands/frontlets
Dust Grain   (06.20.18)
demanded in the actual Torah. They are a Pharisaic innovation that emerged from a desire to provide a literal interpretation to commandments that were meant to be observed metaphorically to begin with. Even the Rashbam, a grandson of Rashi, conceded that the Scriptural-metaphoric interpretation is the correct among the two.
Andi, you should pause to ponder why you are a proponent of the Tefillin interpretation when the Torah does not allow any downtime in the performance of such commandemnts, but you cannot wear them during bathing and most all of you remove them after the Shahart service in the morning. I can go on into further details but I'm short on time now.
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