Chag HaBanot 4175 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7935
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7935 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 4172 | 1 Tevet 7932 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4172 | 30 Kislev 7933 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4173 | 30 Kislev 7934 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4175 | 30 Kislev 7935 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4175 | 1 Tevet 7936 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4176 | 30 Kislev 7937 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4178 | 30 Kislev 7938 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4178 | 30 Kislev 7939 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4179 | 1 Tevet 7940 |
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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