Chag HaBanot 4127 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7888
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7888 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 4123 | 30 Kislev 7884 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4124 | 1 Tevet 7885 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4126 | 30 Kislev 7886 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4126 | 30 Kislev 7887 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4127 | 30 Kislev 7888 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4129 | 30 Kislev 7889 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4129 | 30 Kislev 7890 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4130 | 1 Tevet 7891 |
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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