Chag HaBanot 3714 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7475
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7475 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 3711 | 30 Kislev 7471 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3711 | 30 Kislev 7472 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3712 | 30 Kislev 7473 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3713 | 30 Kislev 7474 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3714 | 1 Tevet 7475 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3716 | 30 Kislev 7476 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3716 | 30 Kislev 7477 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3717 | 1 Tevet 7478 |
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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