Chag HaBanot 3934 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7695
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7695 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 3931 | 30 Kislev 7691 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3931 | 30 Kislev 7692 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3932 | 1 Tevet 7693 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3933 | 30 Kislev 7694 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3934 | 30 Kislev 7695 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3936 | 30 Kislev 7696 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3936 | 30 Kislev 7697 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3937 | 1 Tevet 7698 |
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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