Chag HaBanot 2740 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6501
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6501 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 2737 | 1 Tevet 6498 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2739 | 30 Kislev 6499 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2739 | 30 Kislev 6500 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2740 | 1 Tevet 6501 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2741 | 30 Kislev 6502 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2742 | 30 Kislev 6503 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2743 | 30 Kislev 6504 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2744 | 1 Tevet 6505 |
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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