Chag HaBanot 2495 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6256
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6256 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 2492 | 30 Kislev 6253 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2493 | 1 Tevet 6254 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2494 | 30 Kislev 6255 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2495 | 30 Kislev 6256 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2496 | 30 Kislev 6257 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2497 | 1 Tevet 6258 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2498 | 30 Kislev 6259 |
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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