Chag HaBanot 6211 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9971
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9971 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 6208 | 30 Kislev 9968 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6209 | 30 Kislev 9969 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6209 | 1 Tevet 9970 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6211 | 30 Kislev 9971 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6212 | 30 Kislev 9972 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6212 | 30 Kislev 9973 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6214 | 30 Kislev 9974 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6214 | 1 Tevet 9975 |
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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