Chag HaBanot 2864 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6625
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6625 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 2861 | 30 Kislev 6621 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2861 | 30 Kislev 6622 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2862 | 1 Tevet 6623 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2863 | 30 Kislev 6624 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2864 | 30 Kislev 6625 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2865 | 30 Kislev 6626 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2866 | 1 Tevet 6627 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2867 | 30 Kislev 6628 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2868 | 30 Kislev 6629 |
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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