Chag HaBanot 3390 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7151
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7151 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 3388 | 30 Kislev 7148 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3388 | 30 Kislev 7149 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3389 | 1 Tevet 7150 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3390 | 30 Kislev 7151 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3391 | 1 Tevet 7152 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3393 | 30 Kislev 7153 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3393 | 30 Kislev 7154 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3394 | 30 Kislev 7155 |
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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