Chag HaBanot 3282 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7042
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7042 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 3279 | 1 Tevet 7039 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3279 | 30 Kislev 7040 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3280 | 30 Kislev 7041 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3282 | 30 Kislev 7042 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3282 | 1 Tevet 7043 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3283 | 30 Kislev 7044 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3284 | 30 Kislev 7045 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3285 | 30 Kislev 7046 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3286 | 1 Tevet 7047 |
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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