Sigd

Sigd
Sigd
Official name	Mehlella
Also called	Amata Saww
Observed by	Israel
Date	29th day of Cheshvan
2023 date	Sunset, 12 November –; nightfall, 13 November
2024 date	Sunset, 29 November –; nightfall, 30 November
2025 date	Sunset, 19 November –; nightfall, 20 November
2026 date	Sunset, 8 November –; nightfall, 9 November

Sigd (ስግድ, 'Prostration', Hebrew: סיגד, also romanized Sig'd^[1]), also Mehlella (Ge'ez: ምህላ, lit. 'Supplication') or Amata Saww (ዐመተ ሰወ, 'Grouping Day'), is one of the unique holidays of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) community, and is celebrated on the 29th of the Hebrew month of Marcheshvan. Since 2008, it has been an official Israeli state holiday.

^ Shai Afsai, "Past in the Present: An inside look at Sigd — the holiday of Ethiopian Jewry — and the struggle to secure its survival," Ami Magazine, December 5, 2012, p. 80.

[1] Shai Afsai, "Past in the Present: An inside look at Sigd — the holiday of Ethiopian Jewry — and the struggle to secure its survival," Ami Magazine, December 5, 2012, p. 80.

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