Chag HaBanot 2539 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6300
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6300 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 2536 | 30 Kislev 6297 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2538 | 1 Tevet 6298 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2538 | 30 Kislev 6299 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2539 | 30 Kislev 6300 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2540 | 30 Kislev 6301 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2541 | 1 Tevet 6302 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2542 | 30 Kislev 6303 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2543 | 30 Kislev 6304 |
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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