Page "Karaite Judaism" Paragraph 41

A person whose mother was a Karaite Jew is regarded as halakhically Jewish by the Orthodox Rabbinate.

Likewise, someone who is patrilineally Jewish is regarded as a Jew by the Mo ‘ eṣet HaḤakhamim, or the Karaite Counsel of Sages.

Although it is widely accepted that Karaite Jews are halakhically Jewish, there is still a question as to whether or not marriage between the Karaite and Rabbanite communities is permitted.

Two Sephardi chief rabbis, Eliahu Bakshi-Doron and Ovadia Yosef encouraged such marriages, hoping it would help Karaites to assimilate into Orthodox Judaism.

Maimonides decreed that Jews raised in a Karaite household are considered to be tinoq shenishbah, like babies taken captive by non-Jews ; they cannot be punished for their wayward behavior, because it is the result of their parents ' influence.

Rabbi David Ḥayim Chelouche, the chief rabbi of Netanya is quoted in the Jerusalem Post as saying: " A Karaite is a Jew.

We accept them as Jews and every one of them who wishes to come back mainstream Judaism we accept back.

There was once a question about whether Karaites needed to undergo a token circumcision in order to switch to rabbinic Judaism, but the rabbinate agrees that today that is not necessary.