Families identifying as Christian observe a variety of different #holidays in this #season, but all of the holidays have their dates calculated based on Yom Christmas.

This may be why Christians tend to say “Happy Holidays” even when context makes it clear that they only mean Yom Christmas and not normal holidays like #Sigd, #Chanukkah, or #Kwanzaa.

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#Sigd #Israel #Jerusalem https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClVlbWBg4y3/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Neighborhood Sigd party, celebrated by the Ethiopian Jews in Israel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigd
#sigd #Ethiopian #november

@serge I hereby petition to change the name of Babka Social to Injera Social for just today, in honor of #Sigd. #BabkaSocial #babkaPosting #injera #injeraPosting #BetaIsrael

I thought this was a beautiful picture from #Jerusalem:
Two young boys participating in the #Sigd festivities stand with bowed heads in front of the #Kesim (religious leader of #Ethiopian #Jewry) to receive a blessing.

#holidays #NationalJukeboxDay, #NationalEspressoDay, #NationalCashewDay, #TieOneOnDay, #EatACranberryDay, #DoctorWhoDay / #TardisDay, #ThanksgivingEve, #FibonacciDay, #Wolfenoot, #Sigd

#holidays #NationalJukeboxDay, #NationalEspressoDay, #NationalCashewDay, #TieOneOnDay, #EatACranberryDay, #DoctorWhoDay / #TardisDay, #ThanksgivingEve, #FibonacciDay, #Wolfenoot, #Sigd

All of our Jewish Cat Calendars include #Sigd!

Calendar as used by one of our offspring.

(The cats are so big, they did not fit in the picture!)

https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/jewish-cat-calendar-5783-2022-2023/

#Mazeldon

Happy Sigd!!

Book rec: From Sinai to Ethiopia is one of the few books on Ethiopian Jewish topics written *by* an Ethiopian Jewish author, and it's FREE on Sefaria -

https://www.sefaria.org/From_Sinai_to_Ethiopia?tab=contents

#Sigd #Books #Mazeldon

Wishing EVERYONE all the best for #Sigd and a meaningful fast to those who are fasting. ☂

#holidays #NationalCranberryRelishDay, #NationalStopTheViolenceDay, #GoForARideDay, #StartYourOwnCountryDay, #HumaneSocietyAnniversaryDay, #Sigd

#holidays #NationalCranberryRelishDay, #NationalStopTheViolenceDay, #GoForARideDay, #StartYourOwnCountryDay, #HumaneSocietyAnniversaryDay, #Sigd

it's almost ምህላ #sigd!

CW: mentions of food, fasting, and anti-black racism

this year sigd sundown tuesday 22 november – sundown wednesday 23 november

sigd is a beta israel (ethiopian jewish) holiday, 50 days after yom kippur. it's a time of communal self-examination and collectively recommitting ourselves to torah, mirroring the individual self-examination of yom kippur and the 50 day distance between pesach and shavuot

while this is a beta israel holiday, ALL jews are explicitly invited and encouraged by beta israel qessotch (religious leaders) and rabbis to observe. the beta israel position is that sigd was a holiday celebrated by all jewry in ancient jerusalem, regrettably forgotten by us outside the beta israel community; but fortunately preserved by them for our collective benefit

just as the beta israel community has adopted many customs from rabbinic judaism such as celebrating hanukah and laying teffilin, those of us in non- beta israel jewish communities are implored to make this a two-way street of cultural exchange and mutual respect, preserving and honoring the beta israel contribution to wider jewish life and practice. read more about that here:
https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Is-world-Jewry-ready-for-another-holiday-381276

sigd customs include wearing white; a half-day fast beginning at sunrise; ascending a mountain to ritually commemorate receiving the torah at mount sinai; reading psalms and liturgy on the mountain; and descending the mountain to break fast at midday with dabo (an ethiopian crumbly bread), dancing, and revelry

(reminder that you are obligated to NOT fast if it would cause you physical or psychological harm! there are alternatives to food-and-water fasts, such as caffeine fasts and technology fasts)

@opensiddur have an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for the yontif (holiday):
https://aleph.land/@opensiddur/109380513763133305

the word ምህላ (sigd, or סיגד) means "prostration" or "supplication" in ግዕዝ (ge'ez an ancient ethiopian liturgical language) and in imperial aramaic (סְגֵד)

some of the central themes of sigd are the rebuilding of the temple and an end to exile. we'd be remiss not to mention the racism and violence beta israel jews — and those of their descendants who were coerced into converting to christianity, pejoratively called falash mura — face both when trying to immigrate to israel, and after they arrive there.

no borders!
no nations!
መልካም የስግድ በዓል!
חג סיגד שׂמח!
happy sigd!

Sharing some images from the Sigd event I attended. Some roasted wheat kernels with coffee (#buna ceremony). Also, the setup of the cups is pictured. Then of course delicious #injera with different veggies. Dabo bread (served on holidays such as #Sigd and #Shabbat).

Is #Sigd a festival only for Ethiopian Jews or is it something we're all free to celebrate?
I seem to recall having an Ethiopian meal last year but I don't really know anything much about it. (Is there a liturgy?)
#BetaIsrael

#PublicSchool reminder: school will be closed for the holiday this Fourth Day.

Everyone is invited to join the Outdoors Club for a student-led hike with a Torah reading at the summit.

Wishing you a meaningful #Sigd!

(Half days for Sixth Day as usual & Fifth Day for Yom Hodu.)

#MedinatAmerica

@teanotes_ we had a big #sigd celebration across from my house too. We have a large #Ethiopian community in #BeitShemesh. I love that my kids get to grow up seeing so many different traditions from all the countries #jews were in exile.

@teanotes_ Cool! Mazal tov on the visa! Care to say more about the Sigd festivities?

#Israel
#Sigd

Doing two pretty exciting things today: finally picking up my #visa after living in #Israel for two months, and attending a #Sigd celebration!

🇮🇱 🇪🇹
mi skribis pri la festo de la juda-etiopia komunumo ĉi semajne, la Sigd.

do - tio estas Inĝarao, la tradicia pano de etiopio, kun diversaj kuiraĵoj. ĝi estas farita el Tefa acidpasto.

Tefo estas unika cerealo de Etiopio kiu estas grava en iliaj nutriado. ili ne eksportas ĝin ĉar ili ne volas ke ĝia prezo plialtiĝos. tamen, nur al israelo specife ili ja eksportas pro la granda juda-etiopia komunumo (ĉirkaŭ 155mil da homoj)

#israelo #etiopio #inĝara #Sigd #tefo