Chag HaBanot 3579 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7340
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7340 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 3576 | 1 Tevet 7337 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3578 | 30 Kislev 7338 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3578 | 30 Kislev 7339 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3579 | 1 Tevet 7340 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3580 | 30 Kislev 7341 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3581 | 30 Kislev 7342 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3583 | 30 Kislev 7343 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3583 | 1 Tevet 7344 |
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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