Chag HaBanot 2255 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6016
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6016 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 2252 | 30 Kislev 6013 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2253 | 30 Kislev 6014 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2254 | 1 Tevet 6015 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2255 | 30 Kislev 6016 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2256 | 30 Kislev 6017 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2257 | 30 Kislev 6018 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2258 | 30 Kislev 6019 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2259 | 1 Tevet 6020 |
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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