Chag HaBanot 3994 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7755
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7755 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 3991 | 1 Tevet 7752 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3993 | 30 Kislev 7753 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3993 | 30 Kislev 7754 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3994 | 30 Kislev 7755 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3996 | 1 Tevet 7756 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3996 | 30 Kislev 7757 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3997 | 30 Kislev 7758 |
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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