Chag HaBanot 3105 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6866
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6866 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 3103 | 1 Tevet 6863 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3103 | 30 Kislev 6864 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3104 | 30 Kislev 6865 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3105 | 30 Kislev 6866 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3106 | 1 Tevet 6867 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3108 | 30 Kislev 6868 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3108 | 30 Kislev 6869 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3109 | 1 Tevet 6870 |
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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