Meir Rekhavi
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Meir Yosef Rekhavi is a Karaite
Hakham
currently living in London, England. Rekhavi is the Chancellor of the Karaite Jewish University
and a founding member of the University which was created in November 2005. In July 2007 Rekhavi served on the Beth Din (Jewish religious court) of the Karaite Jews of America that performed the first conversions of Gentiles to Karaite Judaism
since 1465. Rekhavi was born to an Orthodox Jewish family of Lithuanian extraction and raised as a Rabbanite Jew who studied in various yeshivoth in Jerusalem before embracing Karaite Judaism. In 1981 Rekhavi began to question the authority of the Rabbanite oral law. From 1984 Rekhavi was mentored by the Karaite Hakham Mordechai Alfandari in Jerusalem, Israel. Rekhavi served in an elite unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, Rekhavi compiled the Biblical Passover Haggadah.
Karaite Judaism
Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish movement characterized by the recognition of the Tanakh alone as its supreme legal authority in Halakhah, as well as in theology...
Hakham
Hakham
Hakham is a term from Judaism, meaning a wise or skillful man; it often refers to someone who is a great Torah scholar. The word is generally used to designate a cultured and learned person: "He who says a wise thing is called a wise man ["hakham"], even if he be not a Jew"...
currently living in London, England. Rekhavi is the Chancellor of the Karaite Jewish University
Karaite Jewish University
The Karaite Jewish University is a non-profit corporation incorporated in California, U.S.A., in November 2005 for the purposes of disseminating the study of Karaite Judaism. Karaite Jewish University is not accredited as an academic institution...
and a founding member of the University which was created in November 2005. In July 2007 Rekhavi served on the Beth Din (Jewish religious court) of the Karaite Jews of America that performed the first conversions of Gentiles to Karaite Judaism
Karaite Judaism
Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish movement characterized by the recognition of the Tanakh alone as its supreme legal authority in Halakhah, as well as in theology...
since 1465. Rekhavi was born to an Orthodox Jewish family of Lithuanian extraction and raised as a Rabbanite Jew who studied in various yeshivoth in Jerusalem before embracing Karaite Judaism. In 1981 Rekhavi began to question the authority of the Rabbanite oral law. From 1984 Rekhavi was mentored by the Karaite Hakham Mordechai Alfandari in Jerusalem, Israel. Rekhavi served in an elite unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, Rekhavi compiled the Biblical Passover Haggadah.