Ethiopian Jewry: Identity and Tradition, by Michael Corinaldi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part Two - Jewish identity in the light of of the chief
components of Falasha tradition and Halakhah

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Chapter Five: The Community's Tradition of its Origin
1. The community's tradition regarding the time of its exile from Eretz Israel to Ethiopia
1.1 The community's tradition, according to the responses of Abba Yitzhak (1848)_
1.2 The National Ethiopian Tradition
(the legend of King Solomon and Queen Sheba, and their son Menilik)
1.3 The "Ten Tribes" in the Falasha Tradition
1.4 The Egyptian Exile
2. The names of the Community and their significance
2.1 "Beta Israel"
2.2 "Falashas"
Chapter Six: Practices of the Community 62
1. Introduction
2. Sabbath Laws
3. "Attinkugen"
4. Marriage nd Divorce Procedures
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Marriage procedure
4.2.1 Arranged marriages
4.2.2 The Keshara Ceremony
4.2.3 The reception in the bride's village and the wedding ceremony
4.2.4 The reception in the Groom's village and the Consummation Ceremony
4.3 The divorce procedure


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