Chag HaBanot 2455 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6216
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6216 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 2452 | 1 Tevet 6213 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2453 | 30 Kislev 6214 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2454 | 30 Kislev 6215 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2455 | 1 Tevet 6216 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2456 | 30 Kislev 6217 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2457 | 30 Kislev 6218 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2458 | 30 Kislev 6219 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2459 | 1 Tevet 6220 |
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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