Chag HaBanot 3459 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7220
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7220 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 3456 | 30 Kislev 7217 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3457 | 30 Kislev 7218 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3458 | 1 Tevet 7219 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3459 | 30 Kislev 7220 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3461 | 30 Kislev 7221 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3461 | 30 Kislev 7222 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3462 | 1 Tevet 7223 |
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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