Chag HaBanot 2337 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6098
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6098 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 2334 | 30 Kislev 6095 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2335 | 30 Kislev 6096 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2336 | 30 Kislev 6097 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2337 | 1 Tevet 6098 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2338 | 30 Kislev 6099 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2339 | 30 Kislev 6100 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2340 | 30 Kislev 6101 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2341 | 1 Tevet 6102 |
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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