It is interesting that among the Crimean Jews, the Karaites were referred to as the 'Jews without sidelocks' in contradistinction to the Krymchak Ranbanite natives ago were referred to as 'Jews with sidelocks'. See here http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Krymchaks
לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ דּוֹר אַחֲרוֹן בָּנִים יִוָּלֵדוּ יָקֻמו וִיסַפְּרוּ לִבְנֵיהֶם -תהילים עח That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children- Pslams 78
Monday, July 28, 2014
Karaites With Payos
In a series of rulings for the Karaim of Halicz in Galicia, Firkovich slams those who imitate the common Rabbanite custom of growing sidelocks as well as shaving the hair of brides.
It is interesting that among the Crimean Jews, the Karaites were referred to as the 'Jews without sidelocks' in contradistinction to the Krymchak Ranbanite natives ago were referred to as 'Jews with sidelocks'. See here http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Krymchaks
It is interesting that among the Crimean Jews, the Karaites were referred to as the 'Jews without sidelocks' in contradistinction to the Krymchak Ranbanite natives ago were referred to as 'Jews with sidelocks'. See here http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Krymchaks
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