Chag HaBanot 2447 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6208
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6208 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 2444 | 30 Kislev 6205 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2445 | 30 Kislev 6206 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2446 | 30 Kislev 6207 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2447 | 1 Tevet 6208 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2448 | 30 Kislev 6209 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2449 | 30 Kislev 6210 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2450 | 30 Kislev 6211 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2451 | 30 Kislev 6212 |
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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