Chag HaBanot 3798 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7559
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7559 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 3795 | 30 Kislev 7555 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3795 | 30 Kislev 7556 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3796 | 1 Tevet 7557 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3797 | 30 Kislev 7558 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3798 | 30 Kislev 7559 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3799 | 1 Tevet 7560 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3800 | 30 Kislev 7561 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3801 | 30 Kislev 7562 |
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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