Chag HaBanot 2634 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6395
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6395 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 2631 | 1 Tevet 6392 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2633 | 30 Kislev 6393 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2633 | 30 Kislev 6394 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2634 | 30 Kislev 6395 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2635 | 1 Tevet 6396 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2636 | 30 Kislev 6397 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2637 | 30 Kislev 6398 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2638 | 30 Kislev 6399 |
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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