Chag HaBanot 2628 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6389
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6389 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 2624 | 30 Kislev 6385 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2625 | 30 Kislev 6386 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2626 | 30 Kislev 6387 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2627 | 30 Kislev 6388 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2628 | 1 Tevet 6389 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2629 | 30 Kislev 6390 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2630 | 30 Kislev 6391 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2631 | 1 Tevet 6392 |
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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