Chag HaBanot 2703 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6464
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6464 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 2701 | 30 Kislev 6461 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2701 | 30 Kislev 6462 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2702 | 1 Tevet 6463 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2703 | 30 Kislev 6464 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2704 | 30 Kislev 6465 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2705 | 30 Kislev 6466 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2706 | 1 Tevet 6467 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2707 | 30 Kislev 6468 |
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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