{"id":34684,"date":"2025-11-20T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34684"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:21:01","slug":"melkam-sigd-bahal-traditional-greetings-for-the-sigd-holiday-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/melkam-sigd-bahal-traditional-greetings-for-the-sigd-holiday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Melkam Sigd Bahal \u2013 Traditional Greetings for the Sigd Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Ono-Sigd-Greeting-11.25.jpg\" alt=\"Sigd Greeting in Frame of Traditional Bete Israel Art\" width=\"1610\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Ono-Sigd-Greeting-11.25.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Ono-Sigd-Greeting-11.25-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Ono-Sigd-Greeting-11.25-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Ono-Sigd-Greeting-11.25-218x218.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Ono-Sigd-Greeting-11.25-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Ono-Sigd-Greeting-11.25-1536x1526.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1610px) 100vw, 1610px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p><a><strong>Melkam Sigd Bahal \u2013 Traditional Greetings for the Sigd Holiday<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ono Academic College commemorates the Holiday of Sigd, which this year takes place from sunset on November 19<sup>th<\/sup> to sunset on November 20<sup>th<\/sup>. The Sigd holiday is marked annually, exactly fifty days after Yom Kippur, on the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Sigd is a fast day, accompanied by purification and renewal. At the center of the holiday is the renewal of the covenant between the children of Israel and God. The holiday is marked with readings from the holy Ethiopian Jewish text, the M\u00e4\u1e63\u1e25af\u00e4 Kedus, blessings, and prayers for redemption. The ceremony is held on the peak of a tall mountain, symbolically standing in for Mount Sinai, where the Torah was originally given to the children of Israel.\u00a0 The service is administered by the priests (Keisim) of the community.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The traditional Amharic language Sigd greetings is Melkam Sigd Bahal.\u00a0 So, we wish you a meaningful Sigd\u00a0 \u201c\u1218\u120d\u12ab\u121d\u00a0 \u12e8\u1235\u130d\u12f5 \u1260\u12d3\u120d!\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Academic College commemorates the Holiday of Sigd, which this year takes place from sunset on November 19th to sunset on November 20th. The Sigd holiday is marked annually, exactly fifty days after Yom Kippur, on the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34685,"menu_order":3,"template":"","class_list":["post-34684","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}