Chag HaBanot 3762 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7523
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7523 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 3760 | 30 Kislev 7520 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3760 | 30 Kislev 7521 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3761 | 1 Tevet 7522 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3762 | 30 Kislev 7523 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3763 | 1 Tevet 7524 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3765 | 30 Kislev 7525 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3765 | 30 Kislev 7526 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3766 | 30 Kislev 7527 |
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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