Chag HaBanot 3336 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7096
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7096 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 3333 | 30 Kislev 7094 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3334 | 30 Kislev 7095 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3336 | 30 Kislev 7096 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3336 | 1 Tevet 7097 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3337 | 30 Kislev 7098 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3339 | 30 Kislev 7099 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3339 | 30 Kislev 7100 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3340 | 1 Tevet 7101 |
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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