Chag HaBanot 3064 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6825
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6825 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 3062 | 30 Kislev 6822 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3062 | 1 Tevet 6823 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3063 | 30 Kislev 6824 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3064 | 30 Kislev 6825 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3065 | 30 Kislev 6826 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3066 | 1 Tevet 6827 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3067 | 30 Kislev 6828 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3068 | 30 Kislev 6829 |
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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