Chag HaBanot 3210 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6971
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6971 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 3207 | 1 Tevet 6968 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3208 | 30 Kislev 6969 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3209 | 30 Kislev 6970 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3210 | 30 Kislev 6971 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3211 | 1 Tevet 6972 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3212 | 30 Kislev 6973 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3214 | 30 Kislev 6974 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3214 | 30 Kislev 6975 |
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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