Chag HaBanot 6526 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10286
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10286 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 6523 | 30 Kislev 10283 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6524 | 1 Tevet 10284 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6524 | 30 Kislev 10285 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6526 | 30 Kislev 10286 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6527 | 30 Kislev 10287 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6528 | 1 Tevet 10288 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6529 | 30 Kislev 10289 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6529 | 30 Kislev 10290 |
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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