Chag HaBanot 3747 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7508
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7508 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 3744 | 1 Tevet 7505 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3746 | 30 Kislev 7506 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3746 | 30 Kislev 7507 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3747 | 30 Kislev 7508 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3749 | 1 Tevet 7509 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3749 | 30 Kislev 7510 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3750 | 30 Kislev 7511 |
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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