Chag HaBanot 3652 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7413
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7413 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 3649 | 30 Kislev 7410 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3651 | 1 Tevet 7411 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3651 | 30 Kislev 7412 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3652 | 30 Kislev 7413 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3654 | 30 Kislev 7414 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3654 | 1 Tevet 7415 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3655 | 30 Kislev 7416 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3656 | 30 Kislev 7417 |
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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