Chag HaBanot 3119 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6879
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6879 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 3116 | 30 Kislev 6877 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3117 | 1 Tevet 6878 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3119 | 30 Kislev 6879 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3119 | 30 Kislev 6880 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3120 | 30 Kislev 6881 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3122 | 30 Kislev 6882 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3122 | 1 Tevet 6883 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3123 | 30 Kislev 6884 |
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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