Chag HaBanot 3705 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7466
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7466 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 3702 | 30 Kislev 7463 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3703 | 30 Kislev 7464 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3704 | 30 Kislev 7465 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3705 | 1 Tevet 7466 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3706 | 30 Kislev 7467 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3708 | 30 Kislev 7468 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3708 | 30 Kislev 7469 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3709 | 1 Tevet 7470 |
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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