Headed by the kes of Kes, rituals exclusive to this group include the seged, a mountain pilgrimage traditionally held near (*) Gondar.
Joseph Halevy was one of the first to study this group in depth, and a tradition of asceticism in this group in which monks lived in structures called tukuls was begun by Sabrah. Zimna Berhane is a recent advocate for this group, and a seventeenth century kingdom controlled by this group under Yoram was defeated in battle by neighboring kings Susenyos and Fasilidas. Headed by the kes of Kes, rituals exclusive to this group include the seged, a mountain pilgrimage traditionally held near (*) Gondar. Tesfaye Gebre Kidan authorized the best-known policy involving these people shortly after Kasa Kabede fell out of favor. This group's scriptures are written in Ge'ez, and Operations Moses and Solomon helped them immigrate from their adopted homeland in 1985 and 1991, respectively. Having apocryphal origins as descendants of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, this is, for 10 points, what group of African followers of Judaism formerly persecuted by the Orthodox majority under such rulers as Mengistu and Haile Selassie.
Joseph Halevy was one of the first to study this group in depth, and a tradition of asceticism in this group in which monks lived in structures called tukuls was begun by Sabrah.
{Falashas} [or {Beta Israel}; or {Ethiopian Jews}; do not accept “{Falashmuras}”]