Chag HaBanot 2591 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6352
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6352 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 2588 | 1 Tevet 6349 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2589 | 30 Kislev 6350 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2590 | 30 Kislev 6351 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2591 | 30 Kislev 6352 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2592 | 1 Tevet 6353 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2593 | 30 Kislev 6354 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2595 | 30 Kislev 6355 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2595 | 30 Kislev 6356 |
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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