Chag HaBanot 3515 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7276
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7276 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 3513 | 30 Kislev 7273 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3513 | 30 Kislev 7274 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3514 | 1 Tevet 7275 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3515 | 30 Kislev 7276 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3516 | 1 Tevet 7277 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3518 | 30 Kislev 7278 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3518 | 30 Kislev 7279 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3519 | 30 Kislev 7280 |
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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