Chag HaBanot 2597 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6358
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6358 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 2595 | 30 Kislev 6355 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2595 | 30 Kislev 6356 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2596 | 1 Tevet 6357 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2597 | 30 Kislev 6358 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2598 | 30 Kislev 6359 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2599 | 1 Tevet 6360 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2600 | 30 Kislev 6361 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2601 | 30 Kislev 6362 |
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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