Chag HaBanot 2767 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6528
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6528 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 2764 | 1 Tevet 6525 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2766 | 30 Kislev 6526 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2766 | 30 Kislev 6527 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2767 | 30 Kislev 6528 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2768 | 1 Tevet 6529 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2769 | 30 Kislev 6530 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2770 | 30 Kislev 6531 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2771 | 30 Kislev 6532 |
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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