Chag HaBanot 3610 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7371
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7371 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 3608 | 1 Tevet 7368 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3608 | 30 Kislev 7369 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3609 | 30 Kislev 7370 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3610 | 30 Kislev 7371 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3611 | 1 Tevet 7372 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3613 | 30 Kislev 7373 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3613 | 30 Kislev 7374 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3614 | 30 Kislev 7375 |
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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