Chag HaBanot 2869 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6630
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6630 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 2866 | 1 Tevet 6627 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2867 | 30 Kislev 6628 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2868 | 30 Kislev 6629 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2869 | 30 Kislev 6630 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2870 | 1 Tevet 6631 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2872 | 30 Kislev 6632 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2872 | 30 Kislev 6633 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2873 | 30 Kislev 6634 |
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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