kes

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priestly office religious title

Kes is the title given to the traditional religious leaders and priests of the Ethiopian Jewish (Beta Israel) community.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kes 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf priestly office ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
alsoSpelled Kesim (for plural) ⓘ
Qes ⓘ
analogousTo priest in other Jewish communities ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
associatedWith Beta Israel holidays ⓘ
Sigd festival ⓘ
prayer house ⓘ
synagogue ⓘ
contemporaryIssue integration into Israeli rabbinate structure ⓘ
recognition of religious authority in Israel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnicContext Ethiopian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Beta Israel community
genderTraditionally male ⓘ
historicalRegion Gondar region ⓘ
northern Ethiopia ⓘ
languageOfTerm Amharic ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
migrationContext Ethiopian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Jewish diaspora in Israel
performs blessings ⓘ
circumcision oversight ⓘ
funeral rites ⓘ
marriage ceremonies ⓘ
prayer services ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ
pluralForm Kessim ⓘ
positionInHierarchy top religious authority in traditional Beta Israel villages ⓘ
religiousLaw Orit ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
religiousTradition Ethiopian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Beta Israel Judaism

Judaism ⓘ
responsibleFor community discipline ⓘ
interpretation of religious law ⓘ
preservation of Beta Israel customs ⓘ
ritual purity rules ⓘ
role guardian of tradition ⓘ
priest ⓘ
religious judge ⓘ
teacher of religious law ⓘ
traditional religious leader ⓘ
socialStatus community authority ⓘ
religious elite ⓘ
titleForm singular form of priestly title in Beta Israel ⓘ
training apprenticeship under senior Kes ⓘ
study of Orit and oral tradition ⓘ
usedBy Ethiopian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Beta Israel

Ethiopian Jews ⓘ

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