Chag HaBanot 3866 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7627
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7627 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 3863 | 30 Kislev 7623 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3863 | 1 Tevet 7624 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3864 | 30 Kislev 7625 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3865 | 30 Kislev 7626 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3866 | 1 Tevet 7627 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3868 | 30 Kislev 7628 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3868 | 30 Kislev 7629 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3869 | 30 Kislev 7630 |
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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