Chag HaBanot 6474 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10234
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10234 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 6471 | 30 Kislev 10231 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6472 | 30 Kislev 10232 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6472 | 1 Tevet 10233 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6474 | 30 Kislev 10234 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6475 | 30 Kislev 10235 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6475 | 30 Kislev 10236 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6477 | 30 Kislev 10237 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6478 | 30 Kislev 10238 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6478 | 1 Tevet 10239 |
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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