Chag HaBanot 3180 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6941
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6941 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 3177 | 30 Kislev 6938 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3178 | 30 Kislev 6939 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3179 | 30 Kislev 6940 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3180 | 1 Tevet 6941 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3181 | 30 Kislev 6942 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3182 | 30 Kislev 6943 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3184 | 30 Kislev 6944 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3184 | 1 Tevet 6945 |
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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