title: On Some Essential Aspects of the Purim Tradition Among Crimean Karaites in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
abstract: This paper aims to provide a detailed description and analysis of the Purim customs that were practiced among the Karaite communities in the Crimea during the first half of the nineteenth century. The paper contains two interrelated parts. In the first part, the paper presents an overview of the legal and liturgical sources that outline the traditional approach to Purim in Karaite Judaism. It focuses on the folk customs of the feast within the Karaite community, known as Ahavat Purim, which invo