Chag HaBanot 3839 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7600
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7600 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 3836 | 30 Kislev 7596 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3836 | 30 Kislev 7597 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3837 | 30 Kislev 7598 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3838 | 30 Kislev 7599 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3839 | 1 Tevet 7600 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3841 | 30 Kislev 7601 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3841 | 30 Kislev 7602 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3842 | 1 Tevet 7603 |
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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