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A Blue Thread
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This is the official channel of A Blue Thread (ABlueThread.com), A Jewish Blog with a Thread of Karaite Throughout. Tune in for a variety of learnings about Karaite Judaism - from the perspective of Karaites. If there is anything you'd like us to do a video on, just drop us a note.
The views expressed in these videos are not necessarily those of A Blue Thread and the views of A Blue Thread are not necessarily those of the people in the videos. A Blue Thread views itself as a conduit for Karaite learning and makes available a wide variety of views and positions within the Karaite framework.
The views expressed in these videos are not necessarily those of A Blue Thread and the views of A Blue Thread are not necessarily those of the people in the videos. A Blue Thread views itself as a conduit for Karaite learning and makes available a wide variety of views and positions within the Karaite framework.
My Book Review of 'Karaism' (Written byProfessor Daniel Lasker)
You can buy the book here:
www.amazon.com/Karaism-Introduction-Surviving-Alternative-Judaism/dp/1800855966
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Sign up for My Course at Judaism Unbound's UnYeshiva
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Learning 5: H. Aaron ben Elijah's Commentary on the 10 Commandments in Deuteronomy 5
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This is a trimmed down version of a talk I did on Karaites and the 10 Commandments. We focused on Hakham Aaron ben Elijah's comments from his book, Keter Torah.
The Chief Cornerstone Book Review
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My totally biased view on The Chief Cornerstone. *Note: I spoke too quickly in one spot and said "aleph at the top of every page" - I meant to say "aleph at the top of this page."
Learning 4: An Introduction to the Karaite Liturgy
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We look at the strings of biblical verses in the Karaite siddur of H. Aaron ben Joseph and show the absolute genius way it is constructed. We also look at the recent mantra put together by our community in Israel and show how it is 100% traditional - even if it is not historical. Listen to an Israeli Karaite recording of the Erev Shabbat Service: ruclips.net/video/ad6GHcndULg/видео.html Listen ...
Learning 3: A Karaite Perspective on the High Holidays
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There are many beautiful traditions for the Seventh Month. How many of them are required by the text of the Torah. In this talk you'll learn: 1) Whether we are commanded by the Torah's text to blow a shofar; 2) What the Jewish sages said about the connection between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur; 3) What are we supposed to do with those "four species", and 4) what holiday has Simchat Torah overshad...
Learning 2: Beyond A Blue Thread: How Blue Fringes Lead to a Sanctified Life
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In this second learning, James Walker walks us through various communities and how they approach the concept of blue fringes. He also discusses biblical source texts, as well as Jewish commentaries to help explain how the commandment of fringes leads to personal sanctification.
Learning 1: Why Karaites Don't Use Tefillin and Mezuzot
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On May 4, 2017, I held an online class on tefillin and mezuzot for attendees throughout the world. The class look at Biblical, Rabbanite and Karaite sources - including some Karaite sources that have never been published before. *Please note: At 16:44 I say that "everyone" ascribes ben Saruq to be a Rabbanite. In fact, I should have said "almost everyone" (and indeed the scholarly consensus is ...
Karaites in the Kitchen - How to Make Karaite Matzah
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(See below for a small correction to my explanation of the mana) Making matzah for Passover is a great way to help your family appreciate the holiday. Here two people I study Karaite Judaism with and I put together a short video on how to make Karaite matzah. . . Fun stuff. The recipe and instructions are here: abluethread.com/2013/02/26/karaite-fact-card-8-karaite-matzah-recipe-and-photo-conte...
Amazing Matzah, Truly Bitter Herbs and Other Passover Customs of Karaite Jews
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On April 3, 2014, I gave a talk to the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco. Here is an edited version of the portion related to the Feast of Unleavened Bread (usually referred to as "Passover").
A Taste of Karaite Judaism in 30 Minutes or Less (Part 2)
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ABlueThread.com I gave a brief intro on Karaite Judaism to a group of 5th-7th graders from a conservative synagogue. The sound is not great, I was a bit rusty, my shirt collar was sticking out of my coat, but there is some good info here. A few notes: (1) I had wanted to encourage these students to take pride in their Jewish tradition, even though it is something difficult to do the right thing...
A Taste of Karaite Judaism In 30 Minutes or Less (Part 1)
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ABlueThread.com I gave a brief intro on Karaite Judaism to a group of 5th-7th graders from a conservative synagogue. The sound is not great, I was a bit rusty, my shirt collar was sticking out of my coat, but there is some good info here. A few notes: (1) I had wanted to encourage these students to take pride in their Jewish tradition, even though it is something difficult to do the right thing...
Thanks, Shawn, for the great overview of the 10 Commandments! Memorable and easy to follow. Appreciate you mentioning your sources, too.
Congregation on winning the court case in Israel
I like your explanations thank you
I want to convert. I wish someone would help me.
Yom Kippur or Yom hakippurim?
Wouldn’t it be better to use the Torah as source rather than ketuvim - proverbs??
I believe that Tefillin are de-rabbanan (from the rabbis), and wearing Tzitzit is what physically represents tying the Torah to one's hands (actions) and head (thoughts). However, you spoke very briefly about mezuzot. Even if one doesn't agree with the way the rabbis interpret the commandment, I see no reason to reject its literal meaning. Our doors have numbers attached to them that identify our house address. Why not attach to our doorposts the words we're explicitly told to repeat, teach and put in our hearts, "shemá Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai echad ve'ahavta et Adonai elohecha bechol levavcha u'vechol nafshecha u'vechol meodecha" to identify one's home as well? In my opinion, something similar to this would cover the peshat. ruclips.net/user/shortsucHf904bdQk
The Talmud has become an idol. Where exactly in the Torah does it say a sheep tale is unkosher?
What do Karaite Jews think about buying on Sabbath?
Thank you so much for this outstanding explanation! 🙌
If I was a Jew I would be Karaite!!!! Most Baptist Christians would be Karaite, if Yeshua told us to convert.
Where can you get a tallit with blue threads? The only ones I can find online are messianic ones.
Is it part of Judaism? Or kina Messianic Judaism?
Saying Muslims borrowed it from Jews is ridiculous. Muslims pray as Prophet Muhemmed taught them and as God described in the Glorious Quran.
In the Torah and many books of the tanak, there are many verses about prayers in complete posternation, it was the custom for a lot of times through the centuries, from the beginning of Islam the Rabbis abandoned this practice why they don't wanted be like them
Karaitism is hypocrisy squared. In Kashrut they denigrate mainstream Judaism as not being literal. They claim that only literally boiling a kid in its mother's milk is Treife. Yet when it comes to T'fillin they denigrate mainstream Judaism for being literal, saying that it is a metaphorical Mitzvah. All Karaitism is, is contrarianism. "Every man for themself in terms of belief & practice." Sounds great until you realise that they have marriage & death rituals, & umpteenth others, & just as much dogma. This is all apart from their failure to make amends for their role in service of the Waffen SS in the Holocaust. The convert Apologist Gordon engages in Holocaust Revisionism in trying to pin all the atrocities on Karaylars, even claiming that it could not have been Karaites as there were none in Europe at the time!!! Calling the eyewitnesses "confused," claiming that the 17 Petitions to the Reich were all made by Karaylars! Despite the last ditch effort to avoid extinction by finally accepting converts, the movement is on the verge of extinction. Not even their Chief Rabbi Firouz leads a Frum existence. In Israel the vast majority of second generation Karaites have married into mainstream Judaism. Even amongst first generation it is prevalent. In Moshav Matzli'ach for example, only 2 second generation married fellow Karaites and those were cousin marriage. The creator is from the single Karaite Shul outside of Israel. Apart from a handful of converts that shul is of primarily elderly. Daly City is far from their homes do when people go there on Shabbat they drive...yet they claim even having a light with a timer on Shabbat is Treife. As I said, contrarianism.
Thank you for your teaching. Any guidance on conversion. I am in northern Indiana.
Thank you for your teaching. Any guidance on conversion ?
Thank you so much. I was stuck in the middle between orthodox and karaite , but after reading deciding milk and meat is acceptable in the Torah, I have decided I would like to convert to karaite judaism. I wish there was a center/community in midwest. Thank you for this teaching and your courage. God bless you.
I think the Karaite makes the most sense in Judaism,oral law and Talmud make no sense. But at the end of the day, Jesus is Lord.
Sounds alot like what people call the dhahiri school of Islam
May the Kararites grow strong! 🌱 The Talmud has become an idol.
Without the Oral Torah, you can't have a functioning society from Tanach alone. The Tanach is the Constitution, the Oral Torah is the laws passed by Congress. You need both.
I must say as a Karaite Jew that even modern Karaites have it wrong. The Law is ONLY Deuteronomy. Moses says repeatedly do what I tell you this day and STRICTLY add nor substract anything. That is the Command. Even tho circumcission isn't included in Deuteronomy it was performed prior to crossing so it is the only thing outside Deuteronomy that can, with reason, be applied as Law also. It is as if modern Karaites advocate just the Torah but don't actually read what Deuteronomy says. Moses is very very clear on this. I invite all Karaite Jews to read it. There is absolutely no way anyone can argue with my assertion without sounding like a Rabbinical Jew. Deuteronomy is the only Law.
Fatima ontop
10:25 equal rights. Woman ontop of the moon.
3:24 we pray on cussions.
2:43 revelation said the same thing.
That zionism is ok, but the rich Satanists are not ok.
Karaite Judaism = authentic, written Torah only, Judaism !
Fascinated by the Karaite tradition, thank you for this video! I solve the whole meat/milk thing by simply being a vegan, LOL! We even have vegan shwarma around the corner from me in Tel Aviv!
at 9:57 you talk of different fats.how do kararites differentiate different fats which ones being permitted and which forbidden? when the text itself doesn't make differences?
You didn't read well enough and I recommend you reread from the best translation on the market, Everett Fox's Five Books of Moses (Vol. I, Schoken Edition).
@@ZviJ1 which verse should i reread?
@@yankeehayward7916 All the verses that deal with this topic in Wayiqra's 7 first chapters or so.
Nazi Germany did not persecute the Karaites.
You are confusing the Karaites in the Baltics and Poland (turkic people) and the Karaites in Egypt and North Africa (Jewish Hebrew origin). This video is about the later ones
@@deppo_zweifler9029 What causes you to make this claim?
Kara means look, Karaite means the one that looks. In other words, the one who looks only at the book.
Extremely funny...........
Woah you’re 43? No way man you look mid 30s!
Points well made. Going an extra mile is good. (My personal viewpoint.)
Two questions - do you recognize patrilineal descent? and second do you accept converts? thank you.
yes and yes
@@abluethread6051 thank you! so those whose one Jewish parent is their father do not have to convert to be part of the Karaites? Is that correct? Does the rabbi perform a bet din if the person was raised in another religion? thank you in advance
Thank you Shawn for what you do!😊
Hi friend please do a video on how Karaites treat patrilineal descent including situations where the child was raised in no religion or in another religion and whether they have to convert etc. Thank you.
Jesus said I m the chief corner stone the builders rejected in the kabba. Abraham came from ur of the kizdim not ur of the chaldeans. Yemen temple of balqeez shalmanasur Solomon built in Yemen not Palestine
Jesus is lord
Since you believe that all your sins have been "forgiven" because you believe J. Christ "the savior" died for and instead of you, you are in real trouble! Please don't kid yourself. Not only are you still sin-laden, you have added a new, terrible sin to the old batch! You are guilty of idolatry for worshiping a false "savior" and god. The word of YHWH plainly states that He (YHWH) alone is Savior; (Isaiah 43:11). He alone can forgive sin (Isaiah 43:25). He alone is the True Deity (Isaiah 43:10)!! Moreover, you cannot "believe away" sin! Magic plays absolutely no role in the system of sin and atonement established by YHWH, the sole Creator of this universe and pure God of Israel. Atonement by "faith" is not part of YHWH's setup. The only way a sinner can get his sins forgiven is by repenting and; by doing and fulfilling what YHWH wants him to do!! YHWH says: "Again, when I say to the wicked, you shall surely die; if he turn from his sin (repents) and do that which lawful and right ("good works")... he shall surely live, he shall NOT die!! NONE of his sins which he had committed shall be remembered against him! He has done that which is lawful and right! He shall surely LIVE!" (Ezekiel 33:14-16). Ezekiel was a prophet of YHWH. He wasn't a Christian preacher! In Moses' day, the repentant sinner usually (NOT ALWAYS) offered an animal sacrifice to symbolize his "giving" and YHWH's "accepting". Later prophets elaborated on how animal sacrifices are worthless without obedience: "Behold, to OBEY is BETTER than sacrifice!" (1 Samuel 15:22). "Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?" (Psalms 50:13). "By practicing mercy and truth is sin atoned for!" (Proverbs 16:6). HOW can you come to YHWH? YHWH provides the answer: "Return, O Israel, to YHWH your almighty, for you have stumbled in your iniquity! Take with you WORDS and return to YHWH! (WHAT words?) Say to Him: forgive all iniquity and accept GOODNESS (good works). Thus, will we offer, INSTEAD of bullocks (blood) the offerings of our LIPS!" (Hosea 14:2-3). According to the word of YHWH, NO ONE can die for you! If you don't believe me, read Exodus 33:31-33; Deuteronomy 24:16; Ezekiel 18:3-4. But YHWH's demands can be met by you, if only you will know the truth. You can come to YHWH on your own! Read YHWH's word! "With what offering can I come before YHWH, and bow myself before the Mighty One on high? Should I come to him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? Will YHWH be pleased by thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Should I give my first-born for my transgression (human sacrifice, like the crucifixion!), the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? It has been told you, O man, what is good, and what YHWH (not religious doctrine but YHWH!) requires of you: ONLY to DO what is just (YHWH's COMMANDMENTS) and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your Almighty!" (Micah 6:6-8). Hallelu-Yahh, praise YHWH! His Salvation is open to all! No believing in fairy-stories, no bloody crucifixions! No "divine suicide" on a Roman Cross! Plain and simple is the Way of YHWH! Will you take Him at His Word today? Circumcise your heart, loosen your stiff neck and remove the JC scales from your eyes. Read at leisure with an open mind through faithstrengthened.karaitejudaism.org/FS_TOC.html
I hear only music and no voice
How does the Karaite movement address the historical reality that all Second Temple sects of Judaism wore tefillin? Doesn't a historical precedent around which there was a strong consensus play a role in determining what the mitzvah means?
< LMFAO > What consensus, an Orthodox one (because I'm unaware of any other one)? This "historic reality" is a patheic, laughable revisionist Rabbinical lie that is refuted by the independent Second Temple Jewish sources (notwithstanding the lie by the "Aristeas Letter"), so the Qaraite movement doesn't have to worry about it.
One correction. The Catholics are not biblical Christians, and it's a bit unfair that the "Crusades" and other atrocities of old resulting in Jewish oppression, are labeled as "Christian" movements. Protestants don't appoint priests or popes, don't pray the Rosary, and don't partake in the adoration of saints or of Mary. There are no statues to which we prostrate ourselves before. In short Catholicism is counterfeit Christianity seeped in Idolatry. Anyway on a different note, what do you guys think about the discovery of murex trunculus, as possibly the original source of the blue dye for tzi tzis?
Roman was a 'Christian' nation. All Christianity comes from her. Mother of Harlots.
I am very glad we can still look to rabis as guidance in interpretation
Just bought the book. I'm reform but Karaism seems the most pure form of Judaism
Very interesting! I found your page looking for non-Talmud Jews. I have questions you could probably provide insights on. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Muslims pray five times a day the Zoroastrians do.
When I converted in 07 this question of do I only believe in Torah i was asked, on the morning of our conversions but I only get by Commandments from YAHs Torah I am confused about you saying we get our Commandments from all of the Tanakh Deuteronomy 4:2 tells me we are not to add or subtract from HIS law My view then as it is today as long as the Tanakh does not add or subtract from Torah great but no way can I add to YAHs word my sanity is my steadfast View on this very disappointed with that I must say regards
What about Genesis 18:8? Abraham served dairy and a calf to Adonai and the 2 messangers with Him.
Yom Teruah, first Day of Seventh month. We are not to add nor take away from the Torah, simple. Good teaching explaining difference between the added unauthorized traditions and the authorized set apart days of Yah plainly stated in Torah.