Chag HaBanot 3625 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7386
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7386 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 3622 | 30 Kislev 7383 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3624 | 1 Tevet 7384 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3624 | 30 Kislev 7385 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3625 | 30 Kislev 7386 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3627 | 30 Kislev 7387 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3627 | 1 Tevet 7388 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3628 | 30 Kislev 7389 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3629 | 30 Kislev 7390 |
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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