Chag HaBanot 2527 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6288
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6288 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 2524 | 30 Kislev 6285 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2525 | 30 Kislev 6286 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2526 | 1 Tevet 6287 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2527 | 30 Kislev 6288 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2528 | 30 Kislev 6289 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2530 | 30 Kislev 6290 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2530 | 1 Tevet 6291 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2531 | 30 Kislev 6292 |
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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