Chag HaBanot 2676 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6437
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6437 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 2673 | 30 Kislev 6434 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2674 | 30 Kislev 6435 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2675 | 1 Tevet 6436 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2676 | 30 Kislev 6437 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2677 | 30 Kislev 6438 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2678 | 1 Tevet 6439 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2679 | 30 Kislev 6440 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2680 | 30 Kislev 6441 |
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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