Chag HaBanot 2892 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6653
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6653 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 2889 | 1 Tevet 6650 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2891 | 30 Kislev 6651 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2891 | 30 Kislev 6652 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2892 | 30 Kislev 6653 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2893 | 30 Kislev 6654 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2894 | 30 Kislev 6655 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2895 | 1 Tevet 6656 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2896 | 30 Kislev 6657 |
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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