Chag HaBanot 2517 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6278
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6278 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 2514 | 1 Tevet 6275 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2515 | 30 Kislev 6276 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2516 | 30 Kislev 6277 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2517 | 1 Tevet 6278 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2519 | 30 Kislev 6279 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2519 | 30 Kislev 6280 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2520 | 30 Kislev 6281 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2521 | 1 Tevet 6282 |
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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