Chag HaBanot 6797 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10557
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10557 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 6794 | 30 Kislev 10554 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6795 | 1 Tevet 10555 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6795 | 30 Kislev 10556 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6797 | 30 Kislev 10557 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6798 | 30 Kislev 10558 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6798 | 1 Tevet 10559 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6800 | 30 Kislev 10560 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6801 | 30 Kislev 10561 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6801 | 1 Tevet 10562 |
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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