Chag HaBanot 3953 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7714
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7714 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 3950 | 30 Kislev 7710 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3950 | 30 Kislev 7711 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3951 | 30 Kislev 7712 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3952 | 1 Tevet 7713 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3953 | 30 Kislev 7714 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3955 | 30 Kislev 7715 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3955 | 30 Kislev 7716 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3956 | 1 Tevet 7717 |
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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