Avraham Qanaï

American rabbi
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IntroAmerican rabbi
PlacesUnited States of America
isRabbi
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
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Biography

Avraham Ben-Raḥamiël Qanaï (אברהם בן-רחמיאל קנאי) is the leader of the Congregation Oraḥ Ṣaddiqim in Albany, New York, 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. He is branch secretary of the James Connolly Upstate New York Regional GMB, Industrial Workers of the World of Albany, New York.
His father was named Raḥamiël Ben-Yosef Bölekçan. 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.

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