Chag HaBanot 3970 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7731
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7731 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 3967 | 30 Kislev 7728 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3969 | 1 Tevet 7729 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3969 | 30 Kislev 7730 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3970 | 30 Kislev 7731 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3971 | 30 Kislev 7732 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3972 | 1 Tevet 7733 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3974 | 30 Kislev 7734 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3974 | 30 Kislev 7735 |
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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