Chag HaBanot 2916 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6677
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6677 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 2913 | 1 Tevet 6674 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2914 | 30 Kislev 6675 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2915 | 30 Kislev 6676 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2916 | 30 Kislev 6677 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2918 | 1 Tevet 6678 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2918 | 30 Kislev 6679 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2919 | 30 Kislev 6680 |
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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