Chag HaBanot 3923 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7684
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7684 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 3920 | 30 Kislev 7680 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3920 | 30 Kislev 7681 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3921 | 1 Tevet 7682 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3922 | 30 Kislev 7683 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3923 | 30 Kislev 7684 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3925 | 1 Tevet 7685 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3925 | 30 Kislev 7686 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3926 | 30 Kislev 7687 |
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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