Chag HaBanot 3168 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6928
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6928 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 3165 | 1 Tevet 6925 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3165 | 30 Kislev 6926 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3166 | 30 Kislev 6927 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3168 | 30 Kislev 6928 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3168 | 30 Kislev 6929 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3169 | 1 Tevet 6930 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3170 | 30 Kislev 6931 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3171 | 30 Kislev 6932 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3172 | 1 Tevet 6933 |
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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