Chag HaBanot 2911 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6672
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6672 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 2908 | 30 Kislev 6669 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2910 | 1 Tevet 6670 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2910 | 30 Kislev 6671 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2911 | 30 Kislev 6672 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2912 | 30 Kislev 6673 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2913 | 1 Tevet 6674 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2914 | 30 Kislev 6675 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2915 | 30 Kislev 6676 |
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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