Chag HaBanot 3875 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7636
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7636 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 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 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3877 | 1 Tevet 7638 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3879 | 30 Kislev 7639 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3879 | 30 Kislev 7640 |
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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