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| − | '''Shabbatis''' or Karaimites or Subbotnik-Karaites or Karaite Subbotniks (Russian: Субботники-Караимиты) also described as "Russian Karaites" (Russian: Русские Караимы), are Jewish Christians who practise ritual slaughter and sometimes circumcision. The Interior Ministry classified the Subbotniks as a Christian sect and ineligible for aliyah to Israel, because no one knew if their ancestors had formally converted to Judaism (and there is much historic evidence that they did not) but the ruling was abolished in 2014, with an attempt by the Interior Ministry to allow remaining Subbotnik families like Hakham Yose Khoen's to make Aliyah and immigrate to Israel. The Tora-centered B'nei Moshe movement is tied with the Subbotniks and formed the majority of the Jaffa port population. In 1904, later famous Spiritual-Zionist rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook was invited by them to become their rabbi. | + | '''Shabbatis''' or Karaimites or Subbotnik-Karaites or Karaite Subbotniks (Russian: Субботники-Караимиты) also described as "Russian Karaites" (Russian: Русские Караимы), are Jewish Christians who practise ritual slaughter and sometimes circumcision. Subbotnik Karaites obey the Scribes and the Pharisees but do not practice Pharisee Judaism. Instead they began to use the "Everyday Prayers for Karaites" by Abraham Firkovich (1870, Vilnius) for their liturgy. In 1882 this published in Russian as "Порядок молитв для караимов". It was based on the Siddur Tefillot keMinhag haKaraim by Isaak ben Solomon Ickowicz also used by the Crimean Karaites, who to a degree, exemplified for them a Judaic model to be imitated. The Interior Ministry classified the Subbotniks as a Christian sect and ineligible for aliyah to Israel, because no one knew if their ancestors had formally converted to Judaism (and there is much historic evidence that they did not) but the ruling was abolished in 2014, with an attempt by the Interior Ministry to allow remaining Subbotnik families like Hakham Yose Khoen's to make Aliyah and immigrate to Israel. The Tora-centered B'nei Moshe movement is tied with the Subbotniks and formed the majority of the Jaffa port population. In 1904, later famous Spiritual-Zionist rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook was invited by them to become their rabbi. |
Revision as of 02:14, 5 December 2023
Shabbatis or Karaimites or Subbotnik-Karaites or Karaite Subbotniks (Russian: Субботники-Караимиты) also described as "Russian Karaites" (Russian: Русские Караимы), are Jewish Christians who practise ritual slaughter and sometimes circumcision. Subbotnik Karaites obey the Scribes and the Pharisees but do not practice Pharisee Judaism. Instead they began to use the "Everyday Prayers for Karaites" by Abraham Firkovich (1870, Vilnius) for their liturgy. In 1882 this published in Russian as "Порядок молитв для караимов". It was based on the Siddur Tefillot keMinhag haKaraim by Isaak ben Solomon Ickowicz also used by the Crimean Karaites, who to a degree, exemplified for them a Judaic model to be imitated. The Interior Ministry classified the Subbotniks as a Christian sect and ineligible for aliyah to Israel, because no one knew if their ancestors had formally converted to Judaism (and there is much historic evidence that they did not) but the ruling was abolished in 2014, with an attempt by the Interior Ministry to allow remaining Subbotnik families like Hakham Yose Khoen's to make Aliyah and immigrate to Israel. The Tora-centered B'nei Moshe movement is tied with the Subbotniks and formed the majority of the Jaffa port population. In 1904, later famous Spiritual-Zionist rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook was invited by them to become their rabbi.
