Chag HaBanot 3018 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6779
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6779 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 3016 | 1 Tevet 6776 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3016 | 30 Kislev 6777 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3017 | 30 Kislev 6778 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3018 | 30 Kislev 6779 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3019 | 30 Kislev 6780 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3020 | 1 Tevet 6781 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3021 | 30 Kislev 6782 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3022 | 30 Kislev 6783 |
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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