by Maayana Miskin
The Ethiopian Jewish community celebrated the holiday of Sigd this week. The holiday is observed in Israel with a fast and a gathering in Jerusalem, during which religious leaders read from the Torah in Amharic. The fast is then broken and celebrations begin with food and dancing.
Rabbi Chaim Druckman of the Or Etzion yeshiva took part in a Sigd celebration at the Or M'Ofir academy, which prepares Ethiopian-Israeli young men for their military service and for academic life afterward.
“Nothing expresses the eternity of the Jewish people like Ethiopian Jewry does,” Rabbi Druckman said. “The aliyah [immigration] of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel is a miracle of miracles, and the connection Ethiopian Jews have to the land of Israel, which is expressed through this holiday, is supernatural.”
Read the resy of the article on: Arutz7
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