Published : 2025-12-31

Mordechai ben Joseph Sułtański in Volhynia: An Attempt to Elevate the Legal Status of Karaites in the Russian Empire

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The article analyzes the biography of Mordechai Sułtański and his potential contribution to the enhancement of the legal status of Karaites within the Russian Empire. A pious individual, Sułtański served as a hazzan and authored numerous works. He earned a reputation as a preeminent scholar of his generation, making a substantial contribution to the fields of Karaite religion and history. The study is based on the Zecher Caddikim manuscript (Ms. B 445), housed in the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia. It focuses on Sułtański’s contacts with Tadeusz Czacki, Alojzy Osiński, and other high-ranking officials during the Karaite scholar’s life in Volhynia. A selection of fragments has been published in Hebrew with an English translation.

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Karaite literature, Mordechai Sułtański, Zecher Caddikim, Tadeusz Czacki, Alojzy Osiński, Mordechai Sułtański, Zecher Caddikim, Tadeusz Czacki, Alojzy Osiński



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Klimova, D. V. (2025). Mordechai ben Joseph Sułtański in Volhynia: An Attempt to Elevate the Legal Status of Karaites in the Russian Empire. Jewish Studies. Almanac, 15, 43–58. https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.2723

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