Chag HaBanot 2851 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6612
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6612 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 2848 | 30 Kislev 6609 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2849 | 30 Kislev 6610 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2850 | 30 Kislev 6611 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2851 | 1 Tevet 6612 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2853 | 30 Kislev 6613 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2853 | 30 Kislev 6614 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2854 | 30 Kislev 6615 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2855 | 1 Tevet 6616 |
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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