Chag HaBanot 2479 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6240
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6240 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 2476 | 30 Kislev 6237 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2477 | 30 Kislev 6238 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2478 | 30 Kislev 6239 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2479 | 1 Tevet 6240 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2481 | 30 Kislev 6241 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2481 | 30 Kislev 6242 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2482 | 1 Tevet 6243 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2483 | 30 Kislev 6244 |
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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