Chag HaBanot 4021 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7782
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7782 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 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 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4023 | 30 Kislev 7783 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4023 | 1 Tevet 7784 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4024 | 30 Kislev 7785 |
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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