Chag HaBanot 2938 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6699
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6699 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 2935 | 30 Kislev 6696 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2937 | 30 Kislev 6697 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2937 | 1 Tevet 6698 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2938 | 30 Kislev 6699 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2940 | 30 Kislev 6700 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2940 | 30 Kislev 6701 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2941 | 1 Tevet 6702 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2942 | 30 Kislev 6703 |
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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