Chag HaBanot 4018 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7779
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7779 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 4015 | 30 Kislev 7775 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4015 | 1 Tevet 7776 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4016 | 30 Kislev 7777 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4017 | 30 Kislev 7778 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4018 | 30 Kislev 7779 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4020 | 1 Tevet 7780 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4020 | 30 Kislev 7781 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4021 | 30 Kislev 7782 |
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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