Hadane was born in Seqelt in the Bagmadar district in Ethiopia. He was educated for the priesthood as a child and, after finishing his studies, moved to the village of Ambober where he married and began serving as a priest. In 1954, he began studying rabbinic Judaism and Hebrew at a Jewish Agency school in Asmara, Eritrea. In 1983, he and his family began the journey to make aliyah and arrived in Israel about a year later. Kes Raphael Hadane, the Liqa Kahenat (High Priest) of the Ethiopian Beta Israel community in Israel, passed away on Sunday night at the age of 97.

Source: Ethiopian News November 09, 2020 12:51 UTC