Chag HaBanot 3304 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7065
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7065 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 3301 | 30 Kislev 7061 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3301 | 30 Kislev 7062 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3302 | 1 Tevet 7063 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3303 | 30 Kislev 7064 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3304 | 30 Kislev 7065 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3305 | 1 Tevet 7066 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3306 | 30 Kislev 7067 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3307 | 30 Kislev 7068 |
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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