Chag HaBanot 6946 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10706
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10706 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 6944 | 30 Kislev 10704 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6945 | 30 Kislev 10705 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6946 | 30 Kislev 10706 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6947 | 1 Tevet 10707 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6947 | 30 Kislev 10708 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6949 | 30 Kislev 10709 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6950 | 30 Kislev 10710 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 6950 | 1 Tevet 10711 |
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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