Chag HaBanot 3777 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7538
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7538 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 3774 | 30 Kislev 7535 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3776 | 30 Kislev 7536 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3776 | 1 Tevet 7537 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3777 | 30 Kislev 7538 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3779 | 30 Kislev 7539 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3779 | 30 Kislev 7540 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3780 | 1 Tevet 7541 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3781 | 30 Kislev 7542 |
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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