Chag HaBanot 2259 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6020
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6020 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 2256 | 30 Kislev 6017 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2257 | 30 Kislev 6018 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2258 | 30 Kislev 6019 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2259 | 1 Tevet 6020 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2260 | 30 Kislev 6021 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2261 | 30 Kislev 6022 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2262 | 30 Kislev 6023 |
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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