Chag HaBanot 3693 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7454
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7454 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 3690 | 1 Tevet 7451 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3692 | 30 Kislev 7452 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3692 | 30 Kislev 7453 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3693 | 30 Kislev 7454 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3694 | 1 Tevet 7455 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3695 | 30 Kislev 7456 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3697 | 30 Kislev 7457 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3697 | 30 Kislev 7458 |
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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