Chag HaBanot 2286 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6047
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6047 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 2282 | 30 Kislev 6043 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2283 | 1 Tevet 6044 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2284 | 30 Kislev 6045 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2285 | 30 Kislev 6046 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2286 | 30 Kislev 6047 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2287 | 1 Tevet 6048 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2288 | 30 Kislev 6049 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2289 | 30 Kislev 6050 |
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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