Chag HaBanot 2306 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6067
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6067 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 2303 | 1 Tevet 6064 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2304 | 30 Kislev 6065 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2305 | 30 Kislev 6066 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2306 | 1 Tevet 6067 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2307 | 30 Kislev 6068 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2308 | 30 Kislev 6069 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2310 | 30 Kislev 6070 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2310 | 1 Tevet 6071 |
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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