Chag HaBanot 6415 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10175
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10175 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 6412 | 30 Kislev 10172 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6412 | 30 Kislev 10173 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6414 | 30 Kislev 10174 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6415 | 1 Tevet 10175 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6415 | 30 Kislev 10176 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6417 | 30 Kislev 10177 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6418 | 30 Kislev 10178 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6418 | 1 Tevet 10179 |
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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