Chag HaBanot 3541 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7302
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7302 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 3538 | 1 Tevet 7299 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3540 | 30 Kislev 7300 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3540 | 30 Kislev 7301 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3541 | 1 Tevet 7302 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3542 | 30 Kislev 7303 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3543 | 30 Kislev 7304 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3545 | 30 Kislev 7305 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3545 | 1 Tevet 7306 |
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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