Chag HaBanot 2276 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6037
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6037 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 2273 | 30 Kislev 6034 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2274 | 1 Tevet 6035 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2275 | 30 Kislev 6036 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2276 | 30 Kislev 6037 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2277 | 30 Kislev 6038 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2278 | 30 Kislev 6039 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2279 | 1 Tevet 6040 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2280 | 30 Kislev 6041 |
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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