Chag HaBanot 3256 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7017
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7017 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 3253 | 30 Kislev 7014 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3254 | 1 Tevet 7015 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3255 | 30 Kislev 7016 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3256 | 30 Kislev 7017 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3257 | 30 Kislev 7018 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3258 | 1 Tevet 7019 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3260 | 30 Kislev 7020 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3260 | 30 Kislev 7021 |
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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