Chag HaBanot 3048 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6809
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6809 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 3045 | 30 Kislev 6806 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3046 | 30 Kislev 6807 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3047 | 1 Tevet 6808 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3048 | 30 Kislev 6809 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3049 | 30 Kislev 6810 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3051 | 30 Kislev 6811 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3051 | 1 Tevet 6812 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3052 | 30 Kislev 6813 |
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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