Chag HaBanot 4066 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7827
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7827 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 4064 | 30 Kislev 7824 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4064 | 30 Kislev 7825 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4065 | 30 Kislev 7826 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4066 | 1 Tevet 7827 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4067 | 30 Kislev 7828 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4069 | 30 Kislev 7829 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4069 | 30 Kislev 7830 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4070 | 1 Tevet 7831 |
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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