Chag HaBanot 2665 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6426
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6426 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 2663 | 1 Tevet 6423 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2663 | 30 Kislev 6424 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2664 | 30 Kislev 6425 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2665 | 30 Kislev 6426 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2666 | 1 Tevet 6427 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2667 | 30 Kislev 6428 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2668 | 30 Kislev 6429 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2669 | 30 Kislev 6430 |
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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