Chag HaBanot 2932 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6693
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6693 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 2929 | 30 Kislev 6689 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2929 | 1 Tevet 6690 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2930 | 30 Kislev 6691 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2931 | 30 Kislev 6692 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2932 | 30 Kislev 6693 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2933 | 1 Tevet 6694 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2934 | 30 Kislev 6695 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2935 | 30 Kislev 6696 |
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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