Chag HaBanot 3058 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6819
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6819 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 3055 | 1 Tevet 6816 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3056 | 30 Kislev 6817 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3057 | 30 Kislev 6818 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3058 | 1 Tevet 6819 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3059 | 30 Kislev 6820 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3060 | 30 Kislev 6821 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3062 | 30 Kislev 6822 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3062 | 1 Tevet 6823 |
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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