Chag HaBanot 2813 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6574
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6574 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 2810 | 30 Kislev 6571 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2811 | 1 Tevet 6572 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2812 | 30 Kislev 6573 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2813 | 30 Kislev 6574 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2815 | 30 Kislev 6575 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2815 | 1 Tevet 6576 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2816 | 30 Kislev 6577 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2817 | 30 Kislev 6578 |
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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