Chag HaBanot 6293 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10053
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10053 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 6290 | 1 Tevet 10050 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6290 | 30 Kislev 10051 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6292 | 30 Kislev 10052 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6293 | 30 Kislev 10053 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6293 | 1 Tevet 10054 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6295 | 30 Kislev 10055 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6296 | 30 Kislev 10056 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6296 | 1 Tevet 10057 |
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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