Chag HaBanot 4161 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7922
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7922 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 4159 | 30 Kislev 7919 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4159 | 30 Kislev 7920 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4160 | 1 Tevet 7921 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4161 | 30 Kislev 7922 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4162 | 30 Kislev 7923 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4164 | 30 Kislev 7924 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4164 | 1 Tevet 7925 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4165 | 30 Kislev 7926 |
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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