• Boredom [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    Do they read the talmud or are they the ones who only read the books of moses?

    • TheDeed [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      You might be thinking of Karaites, which is a split from Rabbinical Judaism and they only think the Torah is valid and not the Talmud.

      Karaites are a SUPER small religion worldwide, off the top of my head I'd say probably a couple thousand people. (Edit: more then I thought I guess, Wikipedia says 50k max)

      The Haredi are definitely rabbinical Jews like 99% of jews worldwide and Talmud is extremely important.

      Like important to the point where they dont even work a job, their wives work so they can study their entire life. But yeah "studying Torah" is just a shorthand for Torah + Talmud study.