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kaganate
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kaganate asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 8 years ago

Do Karaites keep Purim and Hanukah?

Update:

Ojerinde - are you a Karaite? or speaking from ethnographic knowledge?

or just a Y!A busybody? Can you provide a citation?

There have been some Karaites posting here lately -- I'd realy like to hear from you on this one.

Anyone who can provide citations to more "definitive" sources - I'd apreciate it.

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  • Feivel
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    I know they celebrate Purim but I believe they claim Chanukah is "simply Talmudic" and therefore reject it. I have never been to any Karaite service or celebration so I am unsure what their Purim celebrations consist of but I know they celebrate it.

    EDIT

    I put a link to an article about Karaites not celebrating Chanukah and a link to a Karaite page with pictures from their Purim celebration.

    Not sure where the Karaites are. They have been on here giving "Karaite answers" for a few weeks, at least.

    Source(s): http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/12208/israel-s... http://www.karaites.org/purim-2011.html
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Yes!!

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    No

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