Chag HaBanot 2658 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6419
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6419 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 2654 | 30 Kislev 6415 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2655 | 1 Tevet 6416 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2656 | 30 Kislev 6417 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2657 | 30 Kislev 6418 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2658 | 30 Kislev 6419 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2659 | 1 Tevet 6420 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2660 | 30 Kislev 6421 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2661 | 30 Kislev 6422 |
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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