Chag HaBanot 3078 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6839
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6839 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 3075 | 30 Kislev 6836 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3076 | 30 Kislev 6837 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3077 | 30 Kislev 6838 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3078 | 1 Tevet 6839 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3079 | 30 Kislev 6840 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3081 | 30 Kislev 6841 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3081 | 30 Kislev 6842 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3082 | 1 Tevet 6843 |
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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