Batsheva Nofim (West Bank settlement)
What does that mean?
Exactly, most people don't know
I don't know what that means
It's a branch of Judaism
now I forget my history
which split off they believe in the Torah only, the five books
I think
Torah that is written and not oral
Yes, I forgot the name of them
They still exist I met some
What do I think of them?
I would be lying if I said I really have an opinion
I think in general
every person is entitled to his opinion Jewish or not
and if they see logic in what they do
then go for it
What do you think of Karaite Judaism?
I don't know
Gonen Itamar (West Bank settlement)
Are you just saying that?
Have you heard of Karaite Judaism?
I have heard of it but I don't know
You don't know
What do you think of Karaite Judaism?
Avner and Limor Netanya
I have no idea what that is
Have you heard of it?
I heard the word
but never encountered it
Do you think they are Jews?
Or you don't know?
I don't know
Have you ever heard of Karaite Jews?
No
Thank you
Itzik and Eli Jerusalem
What? No - Yes
Ya? What is it?
How do you say it in Hebrew?
There are some in Haifa, no?
I don't know, I didn't know it exists
I think Judaism is very subjective
Do you know if they exist
If they exist?
There was a tv program about them
during Sukkot where they had a whole different Sukkah (booth)
Here in Israel they exist?
I like that
I like that in Judaism everyone takes it to a different place
Yoshi Jerusalem
I have met thousands and thousands of people in Jerusalem
I know they have a synagogue in the Old City
I think they have a place on Mount Grizim
That would make sense because the Samaritans do the same
because they don't hold the oral tradition
So they are like the Samaritans they take it literal
Just the written law
but to try to understand the written law without it's commentary
would be like taking my one year old son
and bringing him into an advanced quantum mechanics class
give him a text book and say "have a blast"
"let's make a rocket ship"
and the most basic fundamental commandment
I can't imagine how it would look
without the oral tradition
how would you even know how Tfilin (Phylacteries) are shaped
Mount Sinai what Moses taught the Rabbis from there
What do you think of Karaite Judaism?
Eli Holon
Do you know what it is?
Yes, I know
Look, on the one hand ...
I don't know what to say about it in general
Do you know anyone Karaite? - Of course
My brother-in-law is Karaite
Actually, he is my sister-in-law's husband
is Karaite
Look, I think in the end we need to believe...
I say that we
that the Torah, we don't understand
what is written
so you need someone to come and explain
and that was handed down through the generations
that is belief
to go and believe what is written and do exactly what it says
that doesn't...
That they do different things
does it bother you?
Again, those are their customs
everyone can believe in the Torah as he wants
In the end, everyone believes in God
it doesn't matter who and what way
It's important that we be good people
not to look for why they do things differently
That's it
As long as they believe in God and think...
Ok, I will go with that
What about people who don't believe in God? People like me
I have no problem as long as he respects me
whoever doesn't respect that I believe
and is against me
is a different problem
As long as he respects my opinions
then I will respect him back
These are opinions
You came from your home this way
I was raised one way, you were raised one way
Maybe you were raised differently and saw different things in life
This is the way I was raised and I want to keep it because I like it
If things are good for you no one will bother you
in my opinion
So Karaites go by the written Torah
Yes, for example the commandment to put on Tfilin (phylacteries)
It says "place frontlets between your eyes" (Exodus 13:16)
so they put the phylacteries on the nose between the eyes
but we put it on our forehead, between our eyes
Yaakov Jerusalem
That is what they...
If you met someone Karaite
Do you accept him as a Jew? Is he a Jew in all ways?
Someone who doesn't fufill the commandments is still a Jew
Someone who doesn't fufill the commandments is still a Jew
a Jew is someone with a Jewish soul
that God gave him
So are the Karaites Jews?
You don't know
I don't know if they are Jews, technically
You are referring to a Jew being...
A Jew is born from a Jewish mother
Even if he doesn't accept the commandments
even if he only goes according to the Torah
he is still a Jew
So it is not connected to where he places the tfilin
you can say 'with reservations'
they are doing things incorrectly
in the wrong way
In your opinion, yes
Not in my opinion but in the Torah's opinion
Whatever you say
I am an atheist so I don't care
What do you think of Karaite Judaism?
Karaite?
Karaites are Karaites
the Torah was written for them
said to them
but it is not the Judaism that the Torah meant there to be
Ariye Jerusalem
That is my opinion
Are they Jews?
Truthfully, I don't know
I really don't know
Do you know any?
I know of the Karaites in the Shomron
No, those are Samaritans
Yes, Samaritans but there are also Karaites there too I think
A Karaite community
But I really don't know I never looked into them
Whether they are Jews or not Jews
I never investigated this
not even on the level of reading about it in a book
I know there are Karaites
and other groups like that
that call themselves (Jews) like all the Chinese, Japanese, etc
Sons of Moses, Sons of Jacob, Sons of Isaac
I don't think there is a way... Maybe historians can
follow who is who But I can't
What do you think of Karaite Judaism?
Yehoshua Ramle
I gave the question as an example but it is a real question
(Karaite Judaism) is a bit rigid
Do you really know Karaite Jews?
My whole family is Karaite
Really? (at first I thought he was kidding)
This is the first time I have met (Karaites)
So explain what is being Karaite?
Jews that don't believe in the oral traditions
but believe only in the written Torah
Where do you live?
Ramle
Ah true, someone told me (to go there)
I did know something
Do you still believe? Well today is a religious holiday so I guess you don't
Yes (we believe), a holiday is a holiday Jews are Jews
We believe
Hold on, so for example, do you drive on Shabbat?
Is it allowed?
I personally don't keep the Jewish (commandments)
Those that are strict...
Those who are strict don't drive but don't have a Shabbat warmer or elevator
Really?
You are the mother of the tribe
Miriam (mother of Yehoshua) Ramle
What is your background? Have you been in Ramle many generations?
Yes - That's typical of Karaites?
How many generations?
I am... 4th generation?
4th
And where did they come from?
Egypt
So why Karaite and not...
Our sect the Karaites
goes by the written Torah
not the oral traditions
like your sects do
In your sect, each generation that comes
renews (Judaism)
we don't renew (Judaism)
and that is why there are Karaites
How many are you in Israel?
I really don't know
Many
Many
Many
In Ashdod there are many
In Jerusalem too
I searched in Jerusalem but didn't find
There are many in Jerusalem
They have a synagogue in Jerusalem
in the Old City of Jerusalem
Are there fights between Karaites and other Jews?
Yes
There are disagreements
not really fights
with the religious, ultra-orthodox
say we are not Jews
Exactly
Exactly, it is not something that
They say we are not Jews
Because we
we enter the synagogue without shoes
Really? -Yes
What else?
When Moses our Rabbi received the Torah, it says
"put off thy shoes from off thy feet" (Exodus 3:5)
so we do the same thing
That isn't the oral tradition it is written
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