Chag HaBanot 3162 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6923
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6923 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 3160 | 30 Kislev 6920 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3160 | 1 Tevet 6921 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3161 | 30 Kislev 6922 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3162 | 30 Kislev 6923 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3163 | 30 Kislev 6924 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3165 | 1 Tevet 6925 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3165 | 30 Kislev 6926 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3166 | 30 Kislev 6927 |
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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