Chag HaBanot 2907 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6668
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6668 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 2904 | 30 Kislev 6665 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2905 | 30 Kislev 6666 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2906 | 1 Tevet 6667 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2907 | 30 Kislev 6668 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2908 | 30 Kislev 6669 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2910 | 1 Tevet 6670 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2910 | 30 Kislev 6671 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2911 | 30 Kislev 6672 |
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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