Chag HaBanot 3310 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7071
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7071 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 3307 | 30 Kislev 7068 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3309 | 30 Kislev 7069 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3309 | 1 Tevet 7070 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3310 | 30 Kislev 7071 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3312 | 30 Kislev 7072 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3312 | 30 Kislev 7073 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3313 | 1 Tevet 7074 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3314 | 30 Kislev 7075 |
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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