Chag HaBanot 2246 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6007
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6007 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.
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Dates for Chag HaBanot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 2243 | 1 Tevet 6004 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2244 | 30 Kislev 6005 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2245 | 30 Kislev 6006 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2246 | 30 Kislev 6007 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2247 | 1 Tevet 6008 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2248 | 30 Kislev 6009 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2249 | 30 Kislev 6010 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2250 | 30 Kislev 6011 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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