Chag HaBanot 2295 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6056
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6056 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 2292 | 30 Kislev 6053 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2293 | 30 Kislev 6054 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2294 | 1 Tevet 6055 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2295 | 30 Kislev 6056 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2296 | 30 Kislev 6057 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2297 | 30 Kislev 6058 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2298 | 1 Tevet 6059 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2299 | 30 Kislev 6060 |
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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