Chag HaBanot 2735 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6496
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6496 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 2732 | 30 Kislev 6493 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2733 | 1 Tevet 6494 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2734 | 30 Kislev 6495 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2735 | 30 Kislev 6496 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2736 | 30 Kislev 6497 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2737 | 1 Tevet 6498 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2739 | 30 Kislev 6499 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2739 | 30 Kislev 6500 |
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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