Chag HaBanot 3381 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7142
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7142 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 3378 | 30 Kislev 7139 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3379 | 30 Kislev 7140 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3380 | 1 Tevet 7141 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3381 | 30 Kislev 7142 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3382 | 30 Kislev 7143 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3383 | 1 Tevet 7144 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3385 | 30 Kislev 7145 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3385 | 30 Kislev 7146 |
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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