Chag HaBanot 2509 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6270
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6270 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 2506 | 1 Tevet 6267 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2507 | 30 Kislev 6268 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2508 | 30 Kislev 6269 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2509 | 30 Kislev 6270 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2511 | 1 Tevet 6271 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2511 | 30 Kislev 6272 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2512 | 30 Kislev 6273 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2513 | 30 Kislev 6274 |
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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