Chag HaBanot 3416 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7177
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7177 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 3413 | 30 Kislev 7174 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3415 | 30 Kislev 7175 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3415 | 30 Kislev 7176 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3416 | 1 Tevet 7177 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3417 | 30 Kislev 7178 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3418 | 30 Kislev 7179 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3419 | 1 Tevet 7180 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3420 | 30 Kislev 7181 |
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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