Chag HaBanot 3359 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7120
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7120 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 3356 | 1 Tevet 7117 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3358 | 30 Kislev 7118 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3358 | 30 Kislev 7119 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3359 | 30 Kislev 7120 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3360 | 1 Tevet 7121 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3361 | 30 Kislev 7122 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3362 | 30 Kislev 7123 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3363 | 30 Kislev 7124 |
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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