When the State of Israel officially recognized Sigd as a national holiday, it felt as if history itself exhaled. For centuries, Ethiopian Jews gathered on the mountains of Ethiopia, fasting, praying, and dreaming of Jerusalem with a longing deeper than words. To see that ancient devotion embraced by the modern State of Israel was more than symbolic; it was a homecoming of the soul.Every year, as we celebrate Sigd this month, Ethiopian Jews in white garments ascend the hills of Jerusalem, just