Chag HaBanot 3872 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7633
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7633 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 3869 | 30 Kislev 7630 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3871 | 1 Tevet 7631 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3871 | 30 Kislev 7632 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3872 | 30 Kislev 7633 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3874 | 30 Kislev 7634 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3874 | 1 Tevet 7635 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3875 | 30 Kislev 7636 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3876 | 30 Kislev 7637 |
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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