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Kahenat mourning the Ethiopian-Jews who perished before they could make aliyah to Israel; 2010. x

Kahen (Kahenat plural) in Ge’ez are religious leaders and are responsible for carrying on and furthering the teachings of the Beta Yisrael community.  In Hebrew, they are referred to as Kes for singular and Kesim for plural.

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