Chag HaBanot 3142 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6903
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6903 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 3139 | 30 Kislev 6900 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3141 | 30 Kislev 6901 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3141 | 30 Kislev 6902 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3142 | 1 Tevet 6903 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3143 | 30 Kislev 6904 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3144 | 1 Tevet 6905 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3146 | 30 Kislev 6906 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3146 | 30 Kislev 6907 |
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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