Chag HaBanot 2902 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6662
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6662 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 2899 | 30 Kislev 6659 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2899 | 30 Kislev 6660 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2900 | 30 Kislev 6661 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2902 | 30 Kislev 6662 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2902 | 1 Tevet 6663 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2903 | 30 Kislev 6664 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2904 | 30 Kislev 6665 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2905 | 30 Kislev 6666 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2906 | 1 Tevet 6667 |
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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