Chag HaBanot 4211 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7972
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7972 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 4208 | 30 Kislev 7968 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4208 | 1 Tevet 7969 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4210 | 30 Kislev 7970 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4210 | 30 Kislev 7971 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4211 | 1 Tevet 7972 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4213 | 30 Kislev 7973 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4213 | 30 Kislev 7974 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4214 | 30 Kislev 7975 |
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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