Ethiopian
Why Isn’t Sigd Celebrated by All Jews?
Sigd is an Ethiopian-Jewish holiday celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur. It is a day of fasting, prayer, and communal introspection. Its origins are admittedly somewhat hazy, but the Beta
Celebrating an Ancient Holiday in Modern-Day Jerusalem
The holiday of Sigd is an ancient celebration of Torah and of God’s covenant with the Jewish people. Having yearned for Jerusalem and the Land of Israel for generations upon
What is Sigd?
This short clip (2:27) put out by CBN News introduces the ancient Ethiopian Jewish festival of Sigd. A celebration of God’s giving the Torah to the Jewish people, Sigd has
Everything You Need to Know about Sigd
The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents this in-depth primer video (5:20) on the Ethiopian festival of Sigd. Celebrated by the Beta Israel community (the Jews of Ethiopia) for hundreds