Chag HaBanot 6377 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10137
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10137 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 6374 | 30 Kislev 10134 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6374 | 1 Tevet 10135 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6376 | 30 Kislev 10136 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6377 | 30 Kislev 10137 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6377 | 30 Kislev 10138 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6379 | 1 Tevet 10139 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6380 | 30 Kislev 10140 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6380 | 30 Kislev 10141 |
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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