Chag HaBanot 2356 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6117
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6117 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 2353 | 30 Kislev 6114 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2354 | 30 Kislev 6115 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2355 | 30 Kislev 6116 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2356 | 30 Kislev 6117 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2357 | 1 Tevet 6118 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2358 | 30 Kislev 6119 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2359 | 30 Kislev 6120 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2360 | 30 Kislev 6121 |
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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