Chag HaBanot 3375 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7136
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7136 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 3372 | 1 Tevet 7133 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3374 | 30 Kislev 7134 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3374 | 30 Kislev 7135 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3375 | 30 Kislev 7136 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3377 | 1 Tevet 7137 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3377 | 30 Kislev 7138 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3378 | 30 Kislev 7139 |
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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