Chag HaBanot 3755 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7516
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7516 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 3751 | 30 Kislev 7512 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3752 | 1 Tevet 7513 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3754 | 30 Kislev 7514 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3754 | 30 Kislev 7515 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3755 | 30 Kislev 7516 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3757 | 1 Tevet 7517 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3757 | 30 Kislev 7518 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3758 | 30 Kislev 7519 |
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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