Chag HaBanot 2695 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6456
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6456 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 2692 | 30 Kislev 6453 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2693 | 30 Kislev 6454 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2694 | 1 Tevet 6455 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2695 | 30 Kislev 6456 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2696 | 30 Kislev 6457 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2697 | 30 Kislev 6458 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2698 | 30 Kislev 6459 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2699 | 1 Tevet 6460 |
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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