Chag HaBanot 2610 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6371
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6371 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 2607 | 30 Kislev 6368 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2608 | 1 Tevet 6369 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2609 | 30 Kislev 6370 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2610 | 30 Kislev 6371 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2611 | 30 Kislev 6372 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2612 | 1 Tevet 6373 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2614 | 30 Kislev 6374 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2614 | 30 Kislev 6375 |
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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