Chag HaBanot 2992 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6753
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6753 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 2989 | 30 Kislev 6750 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2990 | 30 Kislev 6751 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2991 | 1 Tevet 6752 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2992 | 30 Kislev 6753 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2994 | 30 Kislev 6754 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2994 | 30 Kislev 6755 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2995 | 1 Tevet 6756 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2996 | 30 Kislev 6757 |
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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