Chag HaBanot 2577 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6338
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6338 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 2574 | 30 Kislev 6335 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2576 | 30 Kislev 6336 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2576 | 30 Kislev 6337 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2577 | 1 Tevet 6338 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2578 | 30 Kislev 6339 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2579 | 30 Kislev 6340 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2580 | 1 Tevet 6341 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2581 | 30 Kislev 6342 |
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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