Chag HaBanot 2398 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6159
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6159 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 2395 | 1 Tevet 6156 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2396 | 30 Kislev 6157 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2397 | 30 Kislev 6158 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2398 | 30 Kislev 6159 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2399 | 30 Kislev 6160 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2400 | 30 Kislev 6161 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2401 | 1 Tevet 6162 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2402 | 30 Kislev 6163 |
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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