Chag HaBanot 3815 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7576
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7576 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 3812 | 1 Tevet 7573 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3814 | 30 Kislev 7574 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3814 | 30 Kislev 7575 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3815 | 1 Tevet 7576 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3817 | 30 Kislev 7577 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3817 | 30 Kislev 7578 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3818 | 30 Kislev 7579 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3819 | 1 Tevet 7580 |
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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