Chag HaBanot 3348 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7109
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7109 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 3345 | 1 Tevet 7106 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3347 | 30 Kislev 7107 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3347 | 30 Kislev 7108 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3348 | 30 Kislev 7109 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3350 | 1 Tevet 7110 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3350 | 30 Kislev 7111 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3351 | 30 Kislev 7112 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3352 | 30 Kislev 7113 |
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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