Chag HaBanot 3189 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6950
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6950 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 3187 | 30 Kislev 6947 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3187 | 30 Kislev 6948 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3188 | 1 Tevet 6949 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3189 | 30 Kislev 6950 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3190 | 30 Kislev 6951 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3191 | 1 Tevet 6952 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3192 | 30 Kislev 6953 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3193 | 30 Kislev 6954 |
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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