Chag HaBanot 2828 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6589
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6589 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 2825 | 30 Kislev 6586 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2826 | 30 Kislev 6587 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2827 | 1 Tevet 6588 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2828 | 30 Kislev 6589 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2829 | 30 Kislev 6590 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2830 | 30 Kislev 6591 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2831 | 1 Tevet 6592 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2832 | 30 Kislev 6593 |
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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