Avraham Qanaï
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Avraham Ben-Raḥamiël Qanaï (אברהם בן-רחמיאל קנאי) is the leader of the Congregation Oraḥ Ṣaddiqim in Albany, New York,[1] and a proponent of Karaite Judaism in the United States. He is considered a Ḥakham in the Karaite Jewish community.
Qanaï practiced naturopathy and osteopathic manipulative medicine in Troy, New York.[2] He is branch secretary of the James Connolly Upstate New York Regional GMB, Industrial Workers of the World of Albany, New York.[3]
His father was named Raḥamiël Ben-Yosef Bölekçan.[4] Qanaï studied with several Karaite scholars, including 'Immanu'el Ben-Mosheh Mass'ouda, David Yerushalmi, Ḥayyim Levi, Eliyahu Marzouq, Mosheh Dabbaḥ, Yosef El-Gamil, and Zekharyah Raḥamim Levi. It was Ḥakham 'Immanu'el that bestowed the title of Ḥakham upon Qanaï.[citation needed]
Ḥakham Qanaï has intensively promoted Karaite scholarship.[citation needed] He is a co-author of the book An Introduction to Karaite Judaism: History, Theology, Practice and Custom, which discusses historical and modern Karaite Judaism.[5]
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