Chag HaBanot 4222 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7983
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7983 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 4219 | 30 Kislev 7979 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4219 | 1 Tevet 7980 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4221 | 30 Kislev 7981 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4221 | 30 Kislev 7982 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4222 | 1 Tevet 7983 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4224 | 30 Kislev 7984 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4224 | 30 Kislev 7985 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4225 | 30 Kislev 7986 |
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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