Chag HaBanot 3399 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7160
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7160 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 3396 | 30 Kislev 7156 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3396 | 1 Tevet 7157 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3397 | 30 Kislev 7158 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3398 | 30 Kislev 7159 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3399 | 30 Kislev 7160 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3400 | 1 Tevet 7161 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3401 | 30 Kislev 7162 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3402 | 30 Kislev 7163 |
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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