Sigd in the pandemic

FESTIVAL CONSTRAINTS: COVID-19 restrictions threaten role of Ethiopian Jewish holiday in Israel. Sigd is being observed in a scaled-down fashion this year (TARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE, Jerusalem Post).

Sigd, the holiday that Ethiopian Jews brought to Israel that marks a renewal of the covenant with God and has become a force that unites these immigrants with other Israelis, is being observed in a scaled-down fashion this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The holiday, which started at sundown on Sunday and ends Monday evening, became an official part of the Israeli calendar in 2008 and is observed 50 days after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

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