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Source: http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Thousands-of-Ethiopian-Jews-gather-in-Jerusalem-to-celebrate-return-to-Israel-on-Sigd-330293

Ethiopian Jews Gather in Jerusalem to Celebrate Return to Israel on Sigd Holiday

(Jerusalem Post) Daniel K. Eisenbud - Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis gathered in Jerusalem Thursday to celebrate Sigd, a holiday marked 50 days after Yom Kippur. Officially designated a national holiday in Israel in 2009, it is said that Sigd was observed for 2,500 years by Jews in Ethiopia.

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