Chag HaBanot 4156 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7916
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7916 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 4153 | 30 Kislev 7913 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4153 | 30 Kislev 7914 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4154 | 30 Kislev 7915 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4156 | 30 Kislev 7916 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4156 | 30 Kislev 7917 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4157 | 1 Tevet 7918 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4159 | 30 Kislev 7919 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4159 | 30 Kislev 7920 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4160 | 1 Tevet 7921 |
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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