Chag HaBanot 2417 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6178
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6178 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 2414 | 30 Kislev 6175 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2415 | 1 Tevet 6176 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2416 | 30 Kislev 6177 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2417 | 30 Kislev 6178 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2418 | 30 Kislev 6179 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2419 | 1 Tevet 6180 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2420 | 30 Kislev 6181 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2421 | 30 Kislev 6182 |
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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