Chag HaBanot 3915 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7676
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7676 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 3912 | 30 Kislev 7672 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3912 | 30 Kislev 7673 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3913 | 1 Tevet 7674 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3914 | 30 Kislev 7675 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3915 | 30 Kislev 7676 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3917 | 30 Kislev 7677 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3917 | 1 Tevet 7678 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3918 | 30 Kislev 7679 |
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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