Chag HaBanot 3982 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7742
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7742 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 3980 | 1 Tevet 7740 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3980 | 30 Kislev 7741 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3982 | 30 Kislev 7742 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3982 | 30 Kislev 7743 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3983 | 1 Tevet 7744 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3985 | 30 Kislev 7745 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3985 | 30 Kislev 7746 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3986 | 30 Kislev 7747 |
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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