Hag HaSigd is a holiday of the Ethiopian Jews. Back in Ethiopia, they would gather something like 50 days after Rosh Hoshanah to feast and remember Jerusalem. Now the holiday is celebrated in the land of Israel

Celebrations at Nishmat:


A display of Ethiopian clothing on the wall of our library


An Ethiopian member of our yeshiva gives a speech


Tryna takes a picture of me

At the Kotel:


Celebration at the Kotel plaza


Women giving charity at the entrance to the women's section


National and spiritual pride


It reads - "We are happy, proud, and black."


Dancing at the plaza


Israeli flags


Carrying the flag


Flags


Marching. If you thought the Jewish people were universally white, you were wrong


Dancing and singing about Jerusalem


In traditional Ethiopian dress


Walking to the women's section to pray at the Kotel


Walking


More


Praying at the Kotel, falasha and haredi


Praying at the Kotel


More of the same


Praying


On the stairway


Women singing and dancing at the plaza