Chag HaBanot 2535 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6296
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6296 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 2532 | 30 Kislev 6293 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2533 | 30 Kislev 6294 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2534 | 1 Tevet 6295 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2535 | 30 Kislev 6296 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2536 | 30 Kislev 6297 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2538 | 1 Tevet 6298 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2538 | 30 Kislev 6299 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2539 | 30 Kislev 6300 |
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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