Chag HaBanot 3856 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7617
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7617 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 3853 | 30 Kislev 7614 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3855 | 1 Tevet 7615 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3855 | 30 Kislev 7616 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3856 | 30 Kislev 7617 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3857 | 30 Kislev 7618 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3858 | 1 Tevet 7619 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3860 | 30 Kislev 7620 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3860 | 30 Kislev 7621 |
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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