Chag HaBanot 2407 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6168
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6168 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 2404 | 30 Kislev 6165 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2405 | 30 Kislev 6166 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2406 | 30 Kislev 6167 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2407 | 30 Kislev 6168 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2408 | 1 Tevet 6169 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2409 | 30 Kislev 6170 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2410 | 30 Kislev 6171 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2411 | 30 Kislev 6172 |
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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