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He assumed office on 19 April 2013. According to Samaritan tradition, he is the 133rd high priest since Aaron and in accordance with Samaritan custom, upon his death, the office will automatically transfer to the oldest surviving descendant of Ithamar. Aabed-El is married and has two sons and two daughters. [2] [3]
The Samaritan people were eventually helped by the Jewish Hakham Bashi Chaim Abraham Gagin, who decreed that the Samaritans are "a branch of the children of Israel, who acknowledge the truth of the Torah," and as such should be protected as a "People of the Book". As a result, the ulama ceased their preaching against Samaritans.
The Samaritan High Priest (in Samaritan Hebrew: haKa’en haGadol; in their native Palestinian Arabic: الكاهن الأكبر, romanized: al-Kāhin al-Akbar) is the High Priest (in Modern Israeli Hebrew: haKohen haGadol) of the Samaritan community in the Holy Land, who call themselves the Israelite Samaritans.
And the Children of Israel in his days divided into three groups. One did according to the abominations of the Gentiles and served other gods; another followed Eli the son of Yafni, although many of them turned away from him after he had revealed his intentions; and a third remained with the High Priest Uzzi ben Bukki, the chosen place.
Yaacob I ben Aaharon ben Shalma was the 120th Samaritan High Priest from 1874 to 1916. Ben Aharon was described as "legendary" for his role in the revitalization of the Samaritan community. He befriended prominent Zionists , did a fundraising trip to England , and became the face of his community for Westerners.
The Samaritan community has more than doubled during the 20th century, but is still small. [1] Its priests, led by the High Priest, regulate the daily life of the community in a number of ways, ensuring its strict rules of religious observance are preserved, such as the full keeping of the Sabbath and other Levitical laws.
According to Samaritan sources, [clarification needed] a civil war broke out between the sons of Ithamar and the sons of Phinehas, which resulted in the division of those who followed Eli and those who followed High Priest Uzzi ben Bukki at Mount Gerizim Bethel (a third group followed neither). The line of the sons of Phineas died out in 1624 ...
Matzliach ben Phinhas ben Yitzhaq ben Shalma was the 122nd Samaritan High Priest from 1933 to 1943. [1] [2] He was succeeded by his brother Abisha III ben Phinhas ben Yitzhaq ben Shalma, [3] both of them being members of the clan of Phinhas, descendants of Phinhas ben Yitzhaq ben Shalma. [3]