Chag HaBanot 3402 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7163
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7163 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 3399 | 30 Kislev 7160 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3400 | 1 Tevet 7161 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3401 | 30 Kislev 7162 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3402 | 30 Kislev 7163 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3404 | 1 Tevet 7164 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3404 | 30 Kislev 7165 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3405 | 30 Kislev 7166 |
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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