Chag HaBanot 2645 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6406
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6406 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 2642 | 1 Tevet 6403 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2644 | 30 Kislev 6404 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2644 | 30 Kislev 6405 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2645 | 30 Kislev 6406 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2646 | 30 Kislev 6407 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2647 | 30 Kislev 6408 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2648 | 1 Tevet 6409 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2649 | 30 Kislev 6410 |
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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