Ezra describes his family hierarchy. He explains his family’s educational approach. He describes his village and its communal feeling. As a child, he helped with housework tasks, such as bringing water and wood. Later, he herded the sheep and cattle. He and the other village children of his status wore only a knee-length shirt. They only began to wear shorts from the age of ten, when they began to herd the sheep and cattle and plough the land.

Ezra relates that he used to accompany his father the Kes, and thus learned the prayers in Ge’ez. He talks about the power of prayer and gives an example of a prayer recited when a bull, cow, or sheep got lost, to protect the animal from wild animals and bring it back to its owners. Ezra reads in Ge’ez from the book of Psalms and explains the verses. He describes how the book was preserved in his family for many generations. He also describes how his father imbued in him and in his family the passion and desire to immigrate to the Land of Israel.

When he was ten, his father died. Ezra took various jobs to help support his family. As he wandered between the villages, he encountered racist attitudes from Christians.

Ezra talks about the customs of matchmaking and marriage. He explains what families looked for in a bride or groom and their family. He explains how the arranged meetings and the wedding were conducted. He talks at length about the prohibition against marrying people from the slave class, known as the Baria. He talks about the history and origin of the Baria class and their role. He explains how they were integrated into the family of the head of the household, and how they would have children. Ezra’s speech is replete with puns and proverbs.

After a while, Ezra left the rural area and went to try his luck in the city of Asmara. He waited six months for work in the kosher meat factory “Incoda”. After he was accepted, he worked there for half a year until the factory closed for the winter break. At that time, he met a Jew of Yemenite descent who owned several factories in the city. He began to work for him as manager of 150 workers in the “Tip Top” shoe manufacturing factory. His main task was to stop the spate of theft from the factory. Therefore, the factory workers planned and attempted to murder him. Despite the danger to his life, he stuck to his mission and stopped the theft.

After working for five years in the shoe factory, Ezra obtained the necessary documents and fulfilled his dream of immigrating to Israel.