Chag HaBanot 2807 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6568
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6568 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 2804 | 30 Kislev 6564 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2804 | 1 Tevet 6565 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2805 | 30 Kislev 6566 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2806 | 30 Kislev 6567 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2807 | 30 Kislev 6568 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2808 | 1 Tevet 6569 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2809 | 30 Kislev 6570 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2810 | 30 Kislev 6571 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2811 | 1 Tevet 6572 |
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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