Chag HaBanot 2394 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6155
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6155 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 2391 | 30 Kislev 6152 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2392 | 1 Tevet 6153 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2393 | 30 Kislev 6154 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2394 | 30 Kislev 6155 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2395 | 1 Tevet 6156 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2396 | 30 Kislev 6157 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2397 | 30 Kislev 6158 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2398 | 30 Kislev 6159 |
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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