Please visit the related link for a rundown on the family purity laws.
Orthodox Judaism follows the historical and traditional ritual beliefs of Judaism
Haredi Judaism
Orthodox Judaism.
Orthodox.
Orthodox Judaism.
Yes, but Orthodox Judaism does not.
Orthodox Judaism is growing.
If they care to observe the practices referred to as "Family Purity", then yes.
Hasidim are a portion of Orthodox Jews. They follow Judaism on a strictly Orthodox level.
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It depends on how strictly you define Orthodox Judaism. Orthodox Jews hold that their form of Judaism is the same form of Judaism practiced by the Biblical Patriarch Abraham. As a result, he is the Founder of Orthodox Judaism. However, Jews did not go around calling themselves "Orthodox" until Samson Raphael Hirsch coined the term in the 1800s as a response to the Liberal forms of Judaism (Reform and Historical-Conservative) that were contemporaneously developing.
The most traditional branch of Judaism is referred to as Orthodox Judaism.