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Dor Daim, sometimes known as Dardaim, are adherents of the Dor Deah movement in Judaism. That...

Dor Daim, sometimes known as Dardaim, are adherents of the Dor Deah movement in Judaism. That movement was founded in nineteenth century Yemen by Rabbi Yiḥyah Qafiḥ, and had its own network of synagogues and schools. Its objects were: Today there is no official Dor Dai movement, but the term is used for individuals and synagogues within the Yemenite community (mostly in Israel) who share the original movement's perspectives. 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. Since the early Middle Ages the Yemenite Jewish community generally followed the teachings of Maimonides on all or most legal issues, and their prayer book was substantially identical to the text set out in his "Laws of Prayer". This is attested by the writings of several well known Rabbis such as the Ramban, Rabbi Ovadyah Bartenura and the Maharitz. The Yemenite tradition is therefore separate from both the Sephardi and the Ashkenazi streams in Judaism. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the teachings of the Kabbalah, especially in the form advocated