Seder Berachoth Lekol HaShanah (Minhag Kehiloth HaKara’im) [blessings and prayers for the entire year including Zemiroth for weddings and circumcisions]. According to the Karaite rite.

(KARAITICA)

Kale (Crimea)

(1737-47)

Published without a title page. Two parts in one.

cf. Vinograd, Kale 5; Friedberg, “Samach” 57.

Rare. Not in the National Library of Israel. Karaism had its beginnings in the 8th century, breaking with Rabbinic tradition by rejecting the Talmud and declaring Biblical law as the sole basis of Judaism. Karaite liturgy has little similarity with its Rabbinic counterpart. Codified are only two daily prayer services, the morning and the evening. Liturgy relating to the Temple sacrifices formed the primary basis of the Karaite rite consisting of passages from the Bible, with an emphasis on Psalms, along with liturgical poetry unknown to Rabbinic rites. The Shema prayer is included in the Karaite rite, but the Shemonah-Esrah is unknown.