Chag HaBanot 3782 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7543
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7543 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 3779 | 30 Kislev 7539 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3779 | 30 Kislev 7540 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3780 | 1 Tevet 7541 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3781 | 30 Kislev 7542 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3782 | 30 Kislev 7543 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3784 | 1 Tevet 7544 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3784 | 30 Kislev 7545 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3785 | 30 Kislev 7546 |
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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