Chag HaBanot 4035 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7796
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7796 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 4032 | 30 Kislev 7793 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4034 | 30 Kislev 7794 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4034 | 30 Kislev 7795 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4035 | 1 Tevet 7796 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4036 | 30 Kislev 7797 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4037 | 30 Kislev 7798 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4039 | 30 Kislev 7799 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4039 | 1 Tevet 7800 |
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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