Chag HaBanot 4146 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7907
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7907 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 4143 | 30 Kislev 7904 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4145 | 1 Tevet 7905 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4145 | 30 Kislev 7906 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4146 | 30 Kislev 7907 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4148 | 30 Kislev 7908 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4148 | 1 Tevet 7909 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4149 | 30 Kislev 7910 |
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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