Chag HaBanot 2314 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6075
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6075 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 2311 | 30 Kislev 6072 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2312 | 30 Kislev 6073 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2313 | 30 Kislev 6074 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2314 | 1 Tevet 6075 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2315 | 30 Kislev 6076 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2316 | 30 Kislev 6077 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2317 | 1 Tevet 6078 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2318 | 30 Kislev 6079 |
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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