Chag HaBanot 6882 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10642
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10642 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 6879 | 30 Kislev 10639 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6880 | 30 Kislev 10640 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6881 | 30 Kislev 10641 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6882 | 1 Tevet 10642 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6882 | 30 Kislev 10643 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6884 | 30 Kislev 10644 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6885 | 30 Kislev 10645 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6885 | 1 Tevet 10646 |
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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