Chag HaBanot 3294 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7055
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7055 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 3291 | 1 Tevet 7052 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3292 | 30 Kislev 7053 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3293 | 30 Kislev 7054 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3294 | 1 Tevet 7055 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3295 | 30 Kislev 7056 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3296 | 30 Kislev 7057 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3298 | 30 Kislev 7058 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3298 | 1 Tevet 7059 |
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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