Chag HaBanot 2749 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6510
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6510 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 2747 | 30 Kislev 6507 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2747 | 30 Kislev 6508 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2748 | 1 Tevet 6509 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2749 | 30 Kislev 6510 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2750 | 30 Kislev 6511 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2751 | 30 Kislev 6512 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2752 | 30 Kislev 6513 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2753 | 1 Tevet 6514 |
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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