Chag HaBanot 2989 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6750
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6750 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 2986 | 30 Kislev 6746 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2986 | 30 Kislev 6747 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2987 | 1 Tevet 6748 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2988 | 30 Kislev 6749 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2989 | 30 Kislev 6750 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2990 | 30 Kislev 6751 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2991 | 1 Tevet 6752 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2992 | 30 Kislev 6753 |
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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