Chag HaBanot 6787 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10547
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10547 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 6784 | 30 Kislev 10544 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6784 | 30 Kislev 10545 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6786 | 30 Kislev 10546 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6787 | 1 Tevet 10547 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6787 | 30 Kislev 10548 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6789 | 30 Kislev 10549 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6790 | 30 Kislev 10550 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6790 | 1 Tevet 10551 |
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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