Chag HaBanot 2324 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6085
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6085 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 2320 | 30 Kislev 6081 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2321 | 1 Tevet 6082 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2322 | 30 Kislev 6083 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2323 | 30 Kislev 6084 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2324 | 30 Kislev 6085 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2325 | 1 Tevet 6086 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2326 | 30 Kislev 6087 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2327 | 30 Kislev 6088 |
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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