Chag HaBanot 2544 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6305
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6305 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 2541 | 1 Tevet 6302 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2542 | 30 Kislev 6303 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2543 | 30 Kislev 6304 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2544 | 30 Kislev 6305 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2545 | 1 Tevet 6306 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2546 | 30 Kislev 6307 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2547 | 30 Kislev 6308 |
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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