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Israeli high priest (1923–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raphael Hadane (12 August 1923 – 8 November 2020), also known as Hadana Takoya, was the Liqa Kahenat (High priest) of Beta Israel in Israel.[1][2]
Raphael Hadane | |
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Title | Liqa Kahnat |
Personal | |
Born | Hadana Takoya August 12, 1923 Seqelt, Ethiopian Empire |
Died | November 8, 2020 97) | (aged
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | Ethiopian |
Children |
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He was born in Seqelt, Ethiopia and studied with the Qessim as a child. During the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, he had moved to Ambober where he worked as a farmer. He studied Hebrew briefly in 1955 when an Israeli rabbi taught in Asmara. In 1985 Qes Adana immigrated to Israel along with his wife and eleven children.[3]
Hadane argued for the acceptance of the Falasha Mura as Jews.[2] At a ceremony in 1994 marking the 10th anniversary of Operation Moses, Hadane recited the Yizkor prayer in Hebrew and Amharic in memory of 4,000 members of the community who died while fleeing to Sudan (those who made it were flown to Israel).[4]
Hadane died on 8 November 2020 at the age of 97.[5]
Adana Takuyo, From Gondar To Jerusalem, 2011 (Hebrew)
הדנה טקויה, מגונדר לירושלים, תשע"א 2011, דפוס משכן
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