Raphael Hadane

{{Short description|Israeli high priest (1923–2020)}} {{Hatnote|In this Ethiopian name, the name Hadane is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Raphael.}} {{Infobox Rabbi | name = Raphael Hadane<br>ራፋኤል ሀዴኔ | image = Hadane (Raphael) Takuyo.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|8|12}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|8|1923|8|12}} | title = Liqa Kahnat | nationality = Ethiopian | children = * Yosef Hadane * 10 others | birth_name = Hadana Takoya | birth_place = Seqelt, Ethiopian Empire }}

'''Raphael Hadane''' ({{Langx|he|רפאל הדנה}}, {{Langx|am|ራፋኤል ሀዴኔ}}; 12 August 1923 – 8 November 2020), also known as '''Hadana Takoya''', was the Liqa Kahenat (High priest) of Beta Israel in Israel.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Hadane | first=Raphael | title=Rabbis' Call To Action | url=http://www.ssej.org/call_to_action_ethiopian.html | work=SSEJ.org | publisher=Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewry | accessdate=2011-02-11 | archive-date=2011-07-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728050448/http://www.ssej.org/call_to_action_ethiopian.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="berman">{{Cite news | last=Berman | first=Debbie | title=Shas to help speed up Ethiopian Jewry immigration to Israel | url=http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Culture/1342.htm | publisher=Israelinsider | date=2002-08-16 | accessdate=2011-02-11 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906145208/http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Culture/1342.htm | archivedate=2009-09-06 }}</ref>

==Biography== Hadane was born in Seqelt, Ethiopia and studied with the Qessim as a child. During the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, he had moved to Ambober where he worked as a farmer. He studied Hebrew briefly in 1955 when an Israeli rabbi taught in Asmara. In 1985 Qes Adana immigrated to Israel along with his wife and eleven children.<ref>Shelemay, ''Music'', p. 347.</ref>

Hadane argued for the acceptance of the Falasha Mura as Jews.<ref name="berman" /> At a ceremony in 1994 marking the 10th anniversary of Operation Moses, Hadane recited the Yizkor prayer in Hebrew and Amharic in memory of 4,000 members of the community who died while fleeing to Sudan (those who reached the Sudan were flown to Israel).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-6000541.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312094754/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-6000541.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2016|title=Operation Moses marks 10 years - Jerusalem Post | HighBeam Research|date=March 12, 2016}}</ref>

Hadane died on 8 November 2020 at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 9, 2020|title=Ethiopian High Priest Kes Raphael Hadane passes away|website=Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/ethiopian-high-priest-kes-raphael-hadane-passes-away-648515|access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref>

== Further reading == Adana Takuyo, ''From Gondar To Jerusalem'', 2011 (Hebrew)

הדנה טקויה, מגונדר לירושלים, תשע"א 2011, דפוס משכן

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