Chag HaBanot 2926 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6687
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6687 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 2923 | 30 Kislev 6684 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2924 | 30 Kislev 6685 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2925 | 1 Tevet 6686 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2926 | 30 Kislev 6687 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2927 | 30 Kislev 6688 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2929 | 30 Kislev 6689 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2929 | 1 Tevet 6690 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2930 | 30 Kislev 6691 |
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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