Chag HaBanot 2438 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6199
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6199 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 2434 | 30 Kislev 6195 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2435 | 30 Kislev 6196 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2436 | 1 Tevet 6197 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2437 | 30 Kislev 6198 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2438 | 30 Kislev 6199 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2439 | 1 Tevet 6200 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2440 | 30 Kislev 6201 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2441 | 30 Kislev 6202 |
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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