Chag HaBanot 2377 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6138
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6138 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 2374 | 1 Tevet 6135 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2375 | 30 Kislev 6136 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2376 | 1 Tevet 6137 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2377 | 30 Kislev 6138 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2378 | 30 Kislev 6139 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2379 | 30 Kislev 6140 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2380 | 30 Kislev 6141 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2381 | 1 Tevet 6142 |
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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