Noun
a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
Source: WordNetIn 2009, for example, Nisan 15 on the Jewish calendar used by Rabbinic Judaism corresponds to April 9. On the calendars used by Karaites and Samaritans, Abib or Aviv 15 (as opposed to 'Nisan') corresponds to April 11 in 2009. Source: Internet
New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press. p. 97 Karaites and Samaritans use different versions of the Jewish calendar, which are often out of sync with the modern Jewish calendar by one or two days. Source: Internet
Complicated conversations are typical for the Crimean Karaites, a small group whose ethnic heritage and religious categorization has been disputed for hundreds of years. Source: Internet
Past PaleoJudaica posts on the Karaites are (with more on the Karaite community in Daly City) and links (cf. Source: Internet
Although a minority of modern Karaites believe that Jewish identity requires that both parents be Jewish, and not only the father. Source: Internet
Karaites exist in small numbers today, mostly living in Israel. Source: Internet