Chag HaBanot 6608 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10368
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10368 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 6605 | 30 Kislev 10365 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6605 | 1 Tevet 10366 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6607 | 30 Kislev 10367 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6608 | 30 Kislev 10368 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6608 | 30 Kislev 10369 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6610 | 30 Kislev 10370 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6611 | 1 Tevet 10371 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6611 | 30 Kislev 10372 |
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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