Chag HaBanot 2471 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6232
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6232 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 2468 | 30 Kislev 6229 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2469 | 30 Kislev 6230 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2470 | 1 Tevet 6231 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2471 | 30 Kislev 6232 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2472 | 30 Kislev 6233 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2473 | 30 Kislev 6234 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2474 | 1 Tevet 6235 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2475 | 30 Kislev 6236 |
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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