Chag HaBanot 6936 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10696
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10696 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 6933 | 30 Kislev 10693 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6934 | 30 Kislev 10694 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6934 | 30 Kislev 10695 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6936 | 1 Tevet 10696 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6936 | 30 Kislev 10697 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6938 | 30 Kislev 10698 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6939 | 30 Kislev 10699 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6939 | 1 Tevet 10700 |
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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