Chag HaBanot 2820 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6581
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6581 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 2817 | 30 Kislev 6578 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2818 | 30 Kislev 6579 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2819 | 1 Tevet 6580 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2820 | 30 Kislev 6581 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2821 | 30 Kislev 6582 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2823 | 30 Kislev 6583 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2823 | 30 Kislev 6584 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2824 | 1 Tevet 6585 |
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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