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KARAITES

Specialty Definition: KARAITES

Domain	Definition
Literature	Karaites [Scripturists ]. A Jewish sect that adhered to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting all oral traditions. They abhorred the Talmud, and observed the Sabbath with more rigour than even the rabbinists. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Karaites

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Karaites are members of a Jewish sect that separated from rabbinic Judaism around 800 CE. Their faith is often referred to as Karaism, or 'Karaite Judaism.

Karaism developed under the leadership of Anan ben David, Benyamin al-Nahawendi, and Daniel al-Qumisi (See Leon Nemoy, Karaite Anthology, Introduction).

Karaism relies solely on the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) as the basis for religious law. They reject the authority of the Jewish oral law, and as such in most cases they do not rely on the Mishna and Talmud, or any of the rabbinic works that stem from the Talmud.

Karaite calendar

Karaites rely on observations of the Moon to begin their months, and on observations of barley (called the Aviv) to begin their years, as deduced from statements in the Torah (Aviv is both marker for the first month of the Biblical Hebrew calendar, and the next-to-last stage in the growth of barley, which it was in during the plague of hail shortly before the first Passover). Before quick worldwide communication was available, Karaites in the Diaspora used a variety of methods to determine the calendar, including observation and calculation.

In the State of Israel

The state of Israel formally recognizes all Karaites as Jews, while not all Karaites, particularly those from Eastern Europe, formally recognize themselves as Jews. Rather, they consider themselves ethnically Turkic (See Philip Miller, Karaite Seperatism in 19th Century Russia).

History of Karaism

See also: Judaism

Further reading

Karaite Anthology (Leon Nemoy)
Karaite Jews of Egypt (Mourad el-Qodsi)
Karaite Seperatism in 19th Century Russia (Philip Miller)
An Introduciton to Karaite Judaism (Yaron, et. al.)

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Karaites."

Crosswords: KARAITES

English words defined with "KARAITES": Karaism ♦ Rabbinist. (references)

Non-Fiction Usage: KARAITES

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Lithuania	The law mentions nine religious communities that have been declared "traditional" and therefore are eligible for governmental assistance: Latin Rite Catholics; Greek Rite Catholics; Evangelical Lutherans; Evangelical Reformers; Orthodox; Old Believers; Jews; Sunni Muslims; and Karaites. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: KARAITES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
karaites	11
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Anagrams: KARAITES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-k-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: aristae, asteria, atresia, karates.
	-2 letters: airest, arista, kaiser, karate, karats, kiters, kraits, reatas, riatas, satire, skater, strake, streak, striae, strike, takers, tarsia, terais, tiaras, traiks, trikes.
	-3 letters: airts, araks, areas, arias, arise, asker, aster, astir, atria, eskar, ikats, irate, karat, karst, karts, katas, keirs, kiers, kiter, kites, krait, raias, raise, rakes, rakis, rates.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-k-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: autarkies, karateist, parakites.
	+2 letters: hairstreak, karateists, samarskite.
	+3 letters: caretakings, hairstreaks, samarskites.
	+4 letters: alkalimeters, breakfasting, debarkations, earthshaking, embarkations, straitjacket.
	+5 letters: alkalimetries, cabinetmakers, craftsmanlike, skateboarding, straitjackets, trailbreakers.
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Alternative Orthography: KARAITES

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 41 52 41 49 54 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.- .- .-. .- .. - . ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01000001 01010010 01000001 01001001 01010100 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#65 &#82 &#65 &#73 &#84 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0041 0052 0041 0049 0054 0045 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4535523543543953

INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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