Chag HaBanot 3265 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7026
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7026 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 3263 | 1 Tevet 7023 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3263 | 30 Kislev 7024 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3264 | 30 Kislev 7025 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3265 | 30 Kislev 7026 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3266 | 30 Kislev 7027 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3267 | 1 Tevet 7028 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3268 | 30 Kislev 7029 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3269 | 1 Tevet 7030 |
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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