Chag HaBanot 3963 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7723
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7723 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 3961 | 30 Kislev 7721 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3961 | 1 Tevet 7722 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3963 | 30 Kislev 7723 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3963 | 30 Kislev 7724 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3964 | 1 Tevet 7725 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3966 | 30 Kislev 7726 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3966 | 30 Kislev 7727 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3967 | 30 Kislev 7728 |
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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