Chag HaBanot 2488 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6249
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6249 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 2485 | 30 Kislev 6246 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2486 | 1 Tevet 6247 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2487 | 30 Kislev 6248 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2488 | 30 Kislev 6249 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2489 | 30 Kislev 6250 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2490 | 1 Tevet 6251 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2491 | 30 Kislev 6252 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2492 | 30 Kislev 6253 |
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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