Chag HaBanot 3595 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7356
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7356 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 3592 | 1 Tevet 7353 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3594 | 30 Kislev 7354 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3594 | 30 Kislev 7355 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3595 | 1 Tevet 7356 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3597 | 30 Kislev 7357 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3597 | 30 Kislev 7358 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3598 | 30 Kislev 7359 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3599 | 1 Tevet 7360 |
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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