Chag HaBanot 4009 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7770
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7770 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 4007 | 30 Kislev 7767 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4007 | 30 Kislev 7768 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4008 | 1 Tevet 7769 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4009 | 30 Kislev 7770 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4010 | 1 Tevet 7771 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4012 | 30 Kislev 7772 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4012 | 30 Kislev 7773 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4013 | 30 Kislev 7774 |
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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