Bete Abraham and their Freedom

Bete Abraham and their freedom is not hidden anymore but real and obvious in its time.
And to me seeing or hearing the wonder of God is not a new phenomenon but the news about the inauguration of having the house of prayer to Beth Abraham community in Kechene was special. I was amazed by the work of the Lord. How it became possible having such a prayer house in Ethiopia that never seemed ever existed before in the history. There might be much speculation about its happening from different perspective but to me it is just purely miracle.

Well, some people could say that, it may not be a new kind of synagogue since there existed before somewhere else? I don’t dispute about that but this one is very different in this time according to my own experience.
At least the world community never heard about the existence of the Jewish community (the moretes) ever before in Ethiopia leave alone they are having now the worship place in Addis. If there were maybe that was before Italian invaded Ethiopia? If we try to read the books they tell us about the Falashas who lived in Gondar that they were numbered, as they wrote, once from 300 thousand to 7000 and vise verse, always to be the wrong guess. To me we never allow to know the amount of our people at any time except to say that they are many or few. But no one mentioned about the bête Abraham community at any time before. And if they were known, it was not even by their own childrens but others that kept it hidden. Or God did it on purpose for this time?
Nevertheless, as far as I know, in less than a year the progress accelerated having the prayer place was not succeeded without huge courage by the young member of that community. Knowing their history shunned by ignorant slanderers was to became an end. Not to mention how they were being treated in the remote village they lived but in a city in these generations being insulted by their own neighbors was not compatible for the world we should have. I think the community never takes it as an offence but as contempt for those who tried to defame their religion and their identity as evil people. Any way the spearing and the contempt should stop.

The bête Abraham community as being among the tribe of Israel, from the house of Jacob never been better or worse than any other human being but they are treated as dirt and as sinful people who were cursed by God because as others claim they disobey the Law of God. But who is not disobeyed? If we make the law of God the standard of our righteousness who is gone be counted as sinless? I think no one. If we see our resemblance in the mirror of Torah or the whole Bible even the Quran we wouldn’t be the judge upon others.

Let everyone read his own bible or Quran or whatever and confront his own innocence than jumping upon blaming others work and faith. The Jews in general or if we speak specifically about the bête Abraham believe in one God the creator is known. And they believe in the Law given to Moses that to be their clear freedom to follow. In that they should be legitimate to worship as they feel appropriate based on the Book they have which is to be found worldwide as testimony.

But for being Israeli, I think ,do they need their religion and faith to be the strong test as long as we have atheist and communist Jewish citizens or strangers in Israel?
Well, we talked about the new house of prayer in Addis Ababa compare to the rest of the world? We have in Maryland more than 30 and in Ethiopia just 1. Do you know how many people served in the Mukrab (synagogue)? 50 congregants in Ethiopia verses (200-300) x30 in Maryland. So if we try to visit the new community and its synagogue I think you better forget to see how small and ugly it looks from outside comparing it with other churches or mosques that found around it.

But inside we have strong young and adult worshipers who chose God than fear who are few like gold’s than many like clays. That shows or telling us something that Beth Abraham is to be courageous real Jewish people for they are contempt by others even worse than the sorcerers and devil worshipers that found in every place. So I think regardless of the benefit of the doubt we may have worth’s to visit and support that community and encourage their struggle not for their righteousness but for their strong stand declaring having their religious freedom in the place no one dare to say I am ayhude(jewish).