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Also known as Mehlella, Amata Saww, Sig'd

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.
Holiday.official_name
Mehlella
Holiday.nickname
Amata Saww
Holiday.observedby
Israel
Holiday.date
29th day of Cheshvan

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  • Date
  • Etymology
  • Significance
  • Historicity
  • Event
  • Official national holiday in Israel
  • Observance outside of Israel
  • See also
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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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