Chag HaBanot 3217 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6978
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6978 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 3214 | 30 Kislev 6974 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3214 | 30 Kislev 6975 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3215 | 1 Tevet 6976 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3216 | 30 Kislev 6977 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3217 | 30 Kislev 6978 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3218 | 30 Kislev 6979 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3219 | 30 Kislev 6980 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3220 | 1 Tevet 6981 |
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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