The central street with the present wooden houses of the Karaites. Karaites Trakai descend from the Turkic tribes of the Crimea. According to another version, they are descendants of the Khazars who converted to Judaism. Karaites follow the Old Testament tradition without accepting subsequent traditions and writings, such as the Talmud and the Mishnah, as well as more and more recent books based on them. The Karims were not pursued by the Nazis, since the Jewish plains, in an effort to save the Karaites, did not recognize them as Jews. Karaites have the right to receive Israeli citizenship along with the Jews under the law of return. Translated with Google Translate