Chag HaBanot 3113 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6874
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6874 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 3111 | 30 Kislev 6871 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3111 | 30 Kislev 6872 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3112 | 30 Kislev 6873 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3113 | 1 Tevet 6874 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3114 | 30 Kislev 6875 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3115 | 30 Kislev 6876 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3116 | 30 Kislev 6877 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3117 | 1 Tevet 6878 |
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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