Chag HaBanot 3128 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6889
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6889 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 3125 | 1 Tevet 6886 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3127 | 30 Kislev 6887 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3127 | 30 Kislev 6888 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3128 | 30 Kislev 6889 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3130 | 1 Tevet 6890 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3130 | 30 Kislev 6891 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3131 | 30 Kislev 6892 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3132 | 30 Kislev 6893 |
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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