Chag HaBanot 4086 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7847
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7847 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 4083 | 30 Kislev 7843 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4083 | 30 Kislev 7844 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4084 | 30 Kislev 7845 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4085 | 30 Kislev 7846 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4086 | 1 Tevet 7847 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4088 | 30 Kislev 7848 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4088 | 30 Kislev 7849 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4089 | 1 Tevet 7850 |
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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