User talk:Kphiyr

Your edit to Karaite Judaism: good call
Great edit to Karaite Judaism. The person who wrote the sentence you deleted obviously did not take the message of the Book of Ruth home with him. Genetic studies of Ashkenazim seem to support that they are descended from the Israelites. How else to explain the fact that there are Kohanim and Levites in their populations? But the question of Ashkenazi descent obscures the greatest problem with that sentence. Ruth wasn't descended from the tribes of Israel, and did that matter?

I think I know you--I'm also on Karaite Discussion Forum and Tanakh Biblical Judaism under my real name. Welcome to Wikipedia and I'd be happy to help if you have any questions. --AFriedman (talk) 15:43, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your note. A couple more ideas about things to do. Re: Karaite Judaism, I'd like to know if you're interested in helping with the effort to improve the main Judaism article. One of its issues is that there is too little coverage of Karaite Judaism in the article, particularly mention of it as an extant denomination. Much of the information in the main Judaism article also needs to be referenced. In the Karaite Judaism article, there's a lovely section in French Wikipedia about women's roles in Karaite Judaism that needs to be added to its English counterpart. French is very close to English, and Google Translate can make up for much of the remaining difference. I'm also wondering if you're interested in joining the effort to correct the bias in the article about Anan ben David, which comes from text copied from the public-domain Jewish Encyclopedia. --AFriedman (talk) 16:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

h. M. Rekhavi
About a month ago, I organized the See Also section and added a few items, but I completely overlooked adding Meir Rekhavi to the list. Many thanks. ☺ I feel a bit silly for overlooking it myself. — al-Shimoni  ( talk ) 11:26, 3 September 2010 (UTC)