<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">are the karaites considered jewish??<br>i recently was told that R. Moshe<br>only considered them jewish le'gabei<br>saving them from the nazis<br>i do not know if this is true, but i was <br>wondering why would they not be con-sidered<br>jewish:<br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">if by theology</span>: (does someone who does not <br>believe in the ikrim (rambam's or anyone else's), <br>make them not jewish??<br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">if by yichus</span> (don't they have the best yichus <br>among anyone on the planet??) <br>and finally, if <span style="text-decoration: underline;">if by practice;</span> <br>then anyone (reform, conservative<br>off the derech, or whoever happens to be lapsing<br>in one or many mitzvot (which probably includes<br>all of us.....) should also not
<br>be considered jewish.....<br>hb<br><div><br></div>
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