Chag HaBanot 4130 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7891
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7891 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 4127 | 30 Kislev 7888 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4129 | 30 Kislev 7889 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4129 | 30 Kislev 7890 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4130 | 1 Tevet 7891 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4132 | 30 Kislev 7892 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4132 | 1 Tevet 7893 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4134 | 30 Kislev 7894 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4134 | 30 Kislev 7895 |
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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