Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday to celebrate the holiday of Sigd, a holiday observed 50 days after Yom Kippur focusing on repentance, praying for a return to Zion, the coming of the Messiah and the building of the Third Temple.
Sigd has been celebrated for the past 2,500 years by Jews living in Ethiopia, according to the Jerusalem Post. Since their mass exodus to Israel in the 1980s and 90s the holiday has been celebrated in the capital of the Holy Land annually. Israel officially designated Sigd a national holiday in 2009.
Thursdays ceremony, held at the Sherover Promenade in the southeastern part of the city, was attended by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Absorption Minister Sofa Landver, Minister of Education Shai Piron, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, and numerous MKs, rabbis and priests.
Thousands of Ethiopians Flock to Jerusalem To Celebrate Return to Israel | Breaking Israel News
Sigd has been celebrated for the past 2,500 years by Jews living in Ethiopia, according to the Jerusalem Post. Since their mass exodus to Israel in the 1980s and 90s the holiday has been celebrated in the capital of the Holy Land annually. Israel officially designated Sigd a national holiday in 2009.
Thursdays ceremony, held at the Sherover Promenade in the southeastern part of the city, was attended by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Absorption Minister Sofa Landver, Minister of Education Shai Piron, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, and numerous MKs, rabbis and priests.
Thousands of Ethiopians Flock to Jerusalem To Celebrate Return to Israel | Breaking Israel News
