Chag HaBanot 3530 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7291
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7291 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 3527 | 30 Kislev 7288 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3529 | 30 Kislev 7289 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3529 | 1 Tevet 7290 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3530 | 30 Kislev 7291 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3532 | 30 Kislev 7292 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3532 | 30 Kislev 7293 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3533 | 1 Tevet 7294 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3534 | 30 Kislev 7295 |
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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