Chag HaBanot 4200 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7961
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7961 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 4197 | 30 Kislev 7957 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4197 | 30 Kislev 7958 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4198 | 30 Kislev 7959 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4199 | 1 Tevet 7960 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4200 | 30 Kislev 7961 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4202 | 30 Kislev 7962 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4202 | 30 Kislev 7963 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4203 | 1 Tevet 7964 |
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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