Chag HaBanot 2573 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6334
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6334 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 2570 | 30 Kislev 6331 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2571 | 30 Kislev 6332 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2572 | 1 Tevet 6333 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2573 | 30 Kislev 6334 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2574 | 30 Kislev 6335 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2576 | 30 Kislev 6336 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2576 | 30 Kislev 6337 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2577 | 1 Tevet 6338 |
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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