Chag HaBanot 2350 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6111
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6111 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 2348 | 30 Kislev 6108 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2348 | 30 Kislev 6109 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2349 | 1 Tevet 6110 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2350 | 30 Kislev 6111 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2351 | 30 Kislev 6112 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2352 | 1 Tevet 6113 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2353 | 30 Kislev 6114 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2354 | 30 Kislev 6115 |
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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