Chag HaBanot 2781 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6542
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6542 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 2778 | 30 Kislev 6539 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2779 | 30 Kislev 6540 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2780 | 30 Kislev 6541 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2781 | 1 Tevet 6542 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2782 | 30 Kislev 6543 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2783 | 30 Kislev 6544 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2785 | 1 Tevet 6545 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2785 | 30 Kislev 6546 |
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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