Chag HaBanot 2554 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6315
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6315 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 2551 | 30 Kislev 6312 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2552 | 30 Kislev 6313 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2553 | 1 Tevet 6314 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2554 | 30 Kislev 6315 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2555 | 30 Kislev 6316 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2557 | 30 Kislev 6317 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2557 | 1 Tevet 6318 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2558 | 30 Kislev 6319 |
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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