Chag HaBanot 2715 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6476
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6476 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 2711 | 30 Kislev 6472 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2712 | 30 Kislev 6473 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2713 | 1 Tevet 6474 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2714 | 30 Kislev 6475 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2715 | 30 Kislev 6476 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2716 | 30 Kislev 6477 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2717 | 1 Tevet 6478 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2718 | 30 Kislev 6479 |
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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