Chag HaBanot 6746 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10506
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10506 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 6743 | 30 Kislev 10503 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6744 | 1 Tevet 10504 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6744 | 30 Kislev 10505 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6746 | 30 Kislev 10506 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6746 | 1 Tevet 10507 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6748 | 30 Kislev 10508 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6749 | 30 Kislev 10509 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6749 | 30 Kislev 10510 |
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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