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The Abba Samuel Orit | 14 The Book of Orit The Ethiopian Jews were often described, within their own cultural environment, as a people who observed the “Orit” ( Torah ) religion . They were at times referred to as Oritawii, after their faith, which was based on the teachings of the Torah . 6 The priest Abba Azarya Yehiss holding the SeferOrit, Usava, 1958 See Messing, Story, 69, 95 . 6 15 | Ethiopian Books of the Bible Afifteenth - century source reports that Jews from the north Ethiopian region of Tselmet, fearing the king and local authorities, voluntarily converted to Christianity, but secretly continued to observe the religion of their ancestors . Acertain fifteenth century Christian monk, AbunaTaklaHawaryat, is said to have forcibly baptized them and, to ensure they would not revert to Judaism, administered to them an oath taken upon their own Orit, which happens to be defined as the ‘Mosaic Torah’, or the ‘Statutes of the Jews . ’ 7 The name “Orit” does not have a Ge’ezetymology ...  אל הספר