Chag HaBanot 3997 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7758
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7758 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 3994 | 30 Kislev 7755 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3996 | 1 Tevet 7756 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3996 | 30 Kislev 7757 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3997 | 30 Kislev 7758 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3999 | 30 Kislev 7759 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3999 | 1 Tevet 7760 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4001 | 30 Kislev 7761 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4001 | 30 Kislev 7762 |
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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