Chag HaBanot 2426 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6187
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6187 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 2424 | 1 Tevet 6184 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2424 | 30 Kislev 6185 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2425 | 30 Kislev 6186 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2426 | 30 Kislev 6187 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2427 | 30 Kislev 6188 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2428 | 1 Tevet 6189 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2429 | 30 Kislev 6190 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2430 | 30 Kislev 6191 |
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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