Chag HaBanot 3637 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7398
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7398 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 3635 | 30 Kislev 7395 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3635 | 30 Kislev 7396 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3636 | 1 Tevet 7397 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3637 | 30 Kislev 7398 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3638 | 1 Tevet 7399 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3640 | 30 Kislev 7400 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3640 | 30 Kislev 7401 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3641 | 30 Kislev 7402 |
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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