Chag HaBanot 3678 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7438
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7438 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 3675 | 30 Kislev 7436 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3676 | 30 Kislev 7437 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3678 | 30 Kislev 7438 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3678 | 1 Tevet 7439 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3679 | 30 Kislev 7440 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3681 | 30 Kislev 7441 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3681 | 30 Kislev 7442 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3682 | 1 Tevet 7443 |
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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