Chag HaBanot 6854 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10614
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10614 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 6851 | 30 Kislev 10611 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6852 | 30 Kislev 10612 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6852 | 1 Tevet 10613 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6854 | 30 Kislev 10614 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6855 | 30 Kislev 10615 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6855 | 30 Kislev 10616 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6857 | 30 Kislev 10617 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6858 | 1 Tevet 10618 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6858 | 30 Kislev 10619 |
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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