Sigd
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Sigd (; or ; also romanized ''Sig'd, Siged or Seg'd''), also Mehella (, 'Supplication') or Amata Saww (, 'Grouping Day'), is one of the unique holidays of the Beta Israel community, and is celebrated on the 29th of the Hebrew month of Marcheshvan. Since 2008, it has been an official Israeli state holiday.
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- Sigd
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- Jewish
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- 250px
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- Kessim celebrate Sigd in Jerusalem, 2009.
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- Mehlella
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- Amata Saww
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- Israel
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- 29th day of Cheshvan
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Sigd (; or ; also romanized ''Sig'd, Siged or Seg'd''), also Mehella (, 'Supplication') or Amata Saww (, 'Grouping Day'), is one of the unique holidays of the Beta Israel community, and is celebrated on the 29th of the Hebrew month of Marcheshvan. Since 2008, it has been an official Israeli state holiday.
==Date== Previously, Sigd was celebrated on the 29th of Kislev, and after a calendar reform in the mid-19th century it was moved to its present day, 50 days after Yom Kippur.
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