Lamenting with Job: The Karaite Version of the Fasts for Jerusalem
In keeping with the verses, Karaite Jews fast on the 9th of Tammuz, beginning the five weeks of mourning, which culminates with the dual fasts on the 7th and 10th of Av.
Tomer Rami Mangoubi
Tomer Rami Mangoubi is a graduate of MIT. He was raised in an Egyptian Karaite family in Boston, MA, and has helped provide comments for a (forthcoming) translation of the traditional Karaite legal text, Sefer Levush Malchut (ספר לבוש מלכות, “Royal Attire”). Mangoubi is currently producing an expansive summary and analysis of Karaite Halacha that allows English speakers access to classical Karaite sources, titled Mikdash Me’at (מקדש מעט, “A Small Temple”), and available here.
Last Updated: April 17, 2026
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