Chag HaBanot 6174 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9935
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9935 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 6171 | 30 Kislev 9931 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6171 | 1 Tevet 9932 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6173 | 30 Kislev 9933 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6173 | 30 Kislev 9934 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6174 | 1 Tevet 9935 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6176 | 30 Kislev 9936 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6176 | 30 Kislev 9937 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6178 | 30 Kislev 9938 |
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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