Sigd 2026 events — a verified, updating list

Sigd falls on Monday, 9 November 2026

29 Cheshvan 5787. The date is derived from two independent directions — s. 1(a) of the Sigd Holiday Law plus the Hebrew calendar on one side, and the fifty-day count from Yom Kippur on the other. The full explanation, including a table of the coming years: the Sigd guide.

Where the events stand right now

The central assembly has been published. On 5 November 2026 we opened the Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center's event page and read the details of the 5787 central prayer assembly there. The details — venue, schedule and shuttles as far as they were published — are in the event card at the top of this page, next to the link to the publication itself.

Until that date this page said nothing had been published, which was true when it was written in September — but it went on saying it after the organiser had published. That was our error and it has been corrected. If you are reading this after the holiday, the card stays as a record of what was published.

Municipal events: as of 5 November 2026 we found no local authority publishing a 5787 event under its own name. Rehovot's municipal ceremony was reported in news write-ups for 2 November 2026, which has already passed, and we could not find the municipality's own publication — and a write-up about an event is not the organiser. If you find a municipal publication, send us the link.

What is known beyond that:

• The date — Monday, 9 November 2026.
• Where the community gathers in Jerusalem — the Gabriel Sherover Promenade (the Armon Hanatziv promenade). That is where the central ceremony has been held since it moved from Mount Zion.
• That a state opening ceremony is mandated — s. 2 of the law: "The Minister of Science, Culture and Sport shall order the holding of a central assembly to open the Sigd Holiday." Note: that is a duty on the minister, not a guarantee the ceremony happens in any given year — in 2023, following the Swords of Iron war, the state ceremony at Armon Hanatziv was cancelled.

Why there is one event here and not seven

We could fill it with seven table rows: "Jerusalem — central ceremony", "Netanya — municipal ceremony and traditional market", "Ashdod — Sigd festival". An earlier version of this site did exactly that, and not one of those rows rested on a source.

It looks harmless. It is not. Someone planning a day off — and under the statute Sigd comes out of their annual leave — drives to another city with children on the strength of a row a website invented. That same earlier version also published an exact start time, an expected attendance figure, subsidised buses from 16 absorption cities and a registration deadline. No source supported any of them, and they were deleted.

The rule on this page: an event is listed only if the organiser published it, the link to that publication sits next to it, and the date someone opened and read that link is recorded. Fewer events, correct — over a full list that is invented.

What to do in the meantime

• If you are travelling to the Jerusalem assembly — the details are in the event card above, and the link there goes to the organiser's publication. The shuttle departure points were not published online; the organiser refers callers to the office number shown on the card.
• Check with your municipality directly. The municipal site and its culture or absorption department are the first to publish a municipal event. If you find a published event, send us the link and we will add it.
• If you are an employee — Sigd is a "day of choice" under s. 1(b): the choice to take leave or to work is yours, and the day is counted against your annual leave. Tell your employer in advance rather than on the day. Details: the Sigd guide.
• If you have children in school — the Minister of Education is required by statute to set educational activities for the holiday. What that means and what you can ask for: Sigd in schools.
• If you are planning to attend from outside the community — the respectful-attendance guide.
• And if you are hosting a break-fast meal — the Sigd menu and the meaning of the fast.

Organising a Sigd event?

If you are a local authority, a school, a non-profit or a community group and you have published a Sigd 5787 event, send us the link to your publication and we will add it. We charge nothing for this and promote no one; the only condition is that the publication is yours and is public, so that we can link to it. Get in touch.

Sources: Sigd Holiday Law, 5768-2008 — Sefer HaChukim 2164, p. 625 · Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center — the 5787 event page · Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center — the Sigd holiday · verified 5 November 2026.