Chag HaBanot 3809 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7570
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7570 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 3806 | 30 Kislev 7566 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3806 | 30 Kislev 7567 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3807 | 1 Tevet 7568 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3808 | 30 Kislev 7569 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3809 | 30 Kislev 7570 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3811 | 30 Kislev 7571 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3811 | 30 Kislev 7572 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3812 | 1 Tevet 7573 |
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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