We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
DARRYL & ANITA LEFF
Miami, FL

sometimes walking great
distances to our village where
there was a kes to perform the
rituals and practices. We (the
kesim) read from the Torah
and from a book about the life
of Abraham called Gadala
Abraham."
Added Danny Abebe, 18,
who arrived in Israel six
years ago, "I remember that
when we came back from the
synagogue we ate and drank
and the kes told us many
stories from the Torah. But I
know nothing about the
religious aspect. You'll have
to ask a kes."
"We would talk all day,"
says Danny's father, Yehuda,
fondly remembering the holi-
day in Ethiopia. Our village
didn't have a kes, so my father
traveled to another village in
order to participate in the
religious rituals and we
stayed home. We made a lot of
food: anjara — Ethiopian

The 10 days
between Rosh
Hashanah and Yom
Kippur were very
solemn ones for
the kesim.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

AGI & ZOLTAN RUBIN
& FAMILY

NORM & NAYDA SCHWARTZ
IRV & FREYA ISAACS

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

ARTHUR & IRENE KEPES

LILLIAN BENESON & FAMILY

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
MICHAEL & SHARON KARBAL MIRIAM, BEN & HEATHER
Huntington Beach, CA

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year
ARLENE & CHUCK BEERMAN
KEN, SHARON & MIKE

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

IRVING & BRENDA ALTUS & FAMILY

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

LIONEL, PENNY, MICHELE & ROBYN KATCHEM

Upland, CA

bread; "dabo" — similar to
challah, and a drink much
like beer, used for the kiddush
instead of wine, which does
not exist in Ethiopia. We
blessed the "dabo", made Kid-
dush and ate honey. In the
great synagogue we had a
shofar which was brought
from Israel by Dr. Yaacov
Faitlovich 60 years ago. In the
larger villages, where the
kesim lived, the shofar was
blown, but not in many of the
smaller villages."
The 10 days between Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur
were very solemn ones for the
Jewish community, especial-
ly for the kesim. "We
prepared ourselves for God's
judgment," said Kes Hadane,
"and we knew the great
responsibility we had for our
communities."
Yom Kippur, called
"Asteria," was a time of
fasting and purifying one's
soul. Children aged 7 to 12
fasted as long as they could,
while those over 13 were
obligated to fast all day. The
entire community dressed in
white, went to the synagogue,
and, following the kes's bless-
ing, embraced and asked each
other's forgiveness. "Prayers
continued far into the night
and the kesim and the elders
slept in a room adjacent to the
synagogue so they could con-
tinue praying and fasting all
the next day," says Kes
Hadane. Everyone went to

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

IRV & KATE LAWTON
ROBERT & ANDI LAWTON

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.

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