Chag HaBanot 3477 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7238
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7238 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 3474 | 1 Tevet 7235 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3475 | 30 Kislev 7236 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3476 | 30 Kislev 7237 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3477 | 30 Kislev 7238 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3478 | 1 Tevet 7239 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3480 | 30 Kislev 7240 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3480 | 30 Kislev 7241 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3481 | 1 Tevet 7242 |
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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