Chag HaBanot 6350 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10110
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10110 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 6347 | 30 Kislev 10107 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6347 | 1 Tevet 10108 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6349 | 30 Kislev 10109 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6350 | 30 Kislev 10110 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6350 | 1 Tevet 10111 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6352 | 30 Kislev 10112 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6353 | 30 Kislev 10113 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6353 | 30 Kislev 10114 |
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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