Chag HaBanot 3437 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7198
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7198 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 3434 | 30 Kislev 7194 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3434 | 30 Kislev 7195 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3435 | 1 Tevet 7196 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3436 | 30 Kislev 7197 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3437 | 30 Kislev 7198 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3438 | 1 Tevet 7199 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3439 | 30 Kislev 7200 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3440 | 30 Kislev 7201 |
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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