) It is the main source of practical Halakha for many Yemenite Jews — mainly Baladi and Dor Daim — as well as for a growing community referred to as talmidei haRambam.

* Traditional Baladi and Dor Daim ( Yemenite Jews ) base most of their practices on the Mishneh Torah, the compendium by Maimonides of halakha, written several centuries before the Shulchan Aruch.

The influence of the Zohar and the Kabbalah in Yemen, where it was introduced in the 17th century, gave rise to the Dor Daim movement, whose adherents believed that the core beliefs of Judaism were rapidly diminishing in favor of the mysticism of the Kabbalah.

The Dor Daim movement, led by Rabbi Yiḥyah Qafiḥ, emerged as a recognizable force in the later part of the 19th century, and considered the Kabbalists to be irrational, anti-scientific, and anti-progressive in attitude.

Especially controversial were the views of the Dor Daim on the Zohar, as presented in Milhamoth Hashem ( Wars of the Lord ), written by Rabbi Qafiḥ A group of Jerusalem rabbis published an attack on Rabbi Qafiḥ under the title of Emunat Hashem ( Faith of the Lord ), and measures were taken to ostracize members of the movement.

Dor Daim, and Rambamists are two groups who reject mysticism as a " superstitious innovation " to an otherwise clear and succinct set of Laws and rules.

He is credited with spearheading the Dor Daim.

Some Jews among the Dor Daim and Talmidhe haRambam understand both the Mishneh Torah and the Talmudic source texts concerning bowing in the Shemoneh Esreh to be teaching that one must always bow down upon his knees, not only during the High Holy Days, but throughout the year.

One individual who contributed to this phenomenon was Rabbi Yiḥyah Qafiḥ, the founder of the Dor Daim movement in Yemen.

During his lifetime Rabbi Yosef Qafiḥ was a leading figure in the Baladi Yemenite community as a whole, as well as the Dor Daim or strict " Rambamists ".

There is a move among Talmide haRambam, a small modern restorationist group with perspectives on Jewish law similar to that of Dor Daim, to revive

# to combat the influence of the Zohar and subsequent developments in modern Kabbalah, which were then pervasive in Yemenite Jewish life, and which the Dor Daim believed to be irrational and idolatrous ;

There are also some groups, both within and outside the Yemenite community, holding a somewhat similar stance, who describe themselves as talmide ha-Rambam ( disciples of Maimonides ) rather than Dor Daim.

Today, with the majority of Yemenite Jewry being outside of Yemen and in closer contact with Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, it could be perceived that the proportion with which the Dor Daim perspective is spreading ( though in a milder form than the original ) is not much different from the rate at which Yemenite Jews as a whole are giving up their unique traditions and assimilating into mainstream Judaism.

Dor Daim emerged as a recognizable force in the later part of the 19th century.

The Dor Daim movement was formed by individuals who were displeased by the influence of Kabbalah which had been introduced to Yemen in the 17th century.

Displeased by the direction that education and the social development of Yemen was taking, they opened their own educational system in Yemen ( see Dor Daim and Iqshim ).

The Dor Daim consider ( ed ) the Kabbalists to be irrational, anti-scientific, and anti-progressive in attitude and felt that they were thereby contributing to a decline in the social and economic status of the Yemenite Jews.

The above-mentioned issues led Rabbi Yiḥyah Qafiḥ to spearhead the Dor Daim movement.

Especially controversial were the views of the Dor Daim on the most popularized book of Kabbalah known as the Zohar.

A term frequently used by Dor Daim for Yemenites who accept the Zohar is Aqashim ( sometimes pronounced Iqshim or Igashim ), meaning " obscurantists ".

Today's adherents have great respect for the Yemenite tradition in general however, they are not exclusively Yemenite in origin and generally describe themselves as " talmide ha-Rambam " ( disciples of Maimonides ) rather than as " Dor Daim ".

In 2005, there was a widely publicized gathering of hilltop settlers of Yemenite descent describing themselves as " Dor Daim ", but it is unclear how far these represent the historic Dor Dai movement.

The last 20 years, there has been a substantial increase in individuals who identify with Dor Daim.

The Phoenician inscription on the sarcophagus of King Eshmunʿazar of Sidon ( 5th century ) relates ( ANET, p. 662 ): " Furthermore, the Lord of Kings gave us Dor and Joppa, the mighty lands of Dagon, which are in the Plain of Sharon, in accordance with the important deeds which I did.

However, the Mark III, Mark III Dor Dalet BAZ kassag, and the Mark IV are all armed with an IMI 120 mm smoothbore gun.

Israeli dance companies, among them the Batsheva and Bat Dor, are highly acclaimed in the dance world.

The Star Wars Expanded Universe states that many of the planets of the galaxy were colonized and adapted to the atmosphere and gravity of the most populated species, and there are also many species — such as Kel Dor and Skakoans — that need to use devices like breathing masks or pressurized suits.

" This accident forces Rhapsody to join Achmed and his companion who are on the run from an ancient and dangerous foe, the demon F ' Dor.

The Nissen fundoplication is total ( 360 °), but partial fundoplications known as Belsey fundoplication ( 270 ° anterior transthoracic ), Dor fundoplication ( anterior 180-200 °) or Toupet fundoplication ( posterior 270 °) are also alternative procedures with somewhat different indications.

The Dardaim or Dor daim ( דרדעים ), are adherents of the Dor Deah ( דור דעה ) movement in Judaism.

There is no official Dor Dai organization thus they are hard to identify.

Although there are no official Dor Dai communities, the phenomenon appears to be gaining momentum largely through the internet.

The following points concerning the Almighty's Unity are in particular emphasized both by Dor Daim and talmide ha-Rambam:

The Dor Daim believe that the popular forms of Kabbalah prevalent today are contrary to the absolute and incomparable Unity of the Creator and violate various laws against idolatry and polytheism, in particular the prohibition against Ribbuy Reshuyoth ( worshipping or conceiving of a multiplicity of reigns ) referred to by Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah.

Neither Dor Daim nor talmide ha-Rambam are against mysticism per se.

Likewise, Bahya ibn Paquda and Abraham son of Maimonides, sometimes described as " Jewish Sufis ", are especially respected among Dor Daim and talmide ha-Rambam.

Dor Daim disapprove of what they believe to be an abandonment of a number of Talmudic practices on the part of a large portion of the Jewish world in favor of newer customs and innovations, some of which, in their opinion, are even contrary to Talmudic law.

* preservation of proper and exact pronunciation of all the Hebrew letters and Hebrew grammar ( although there are minute differences even amongst the Dor Daim );

Outwardly the practices of Baladi Jews and Dor Daim are almost identical, apart from some Kabbalistic insertions to be found in the Baladi prayer book.

Several of the above-listed distinctions between Dor Daim and the majority of world Jewry are shared by all traditional Baladi Yemenite Jews, and not just by Dor Daim.