Chag HaBanot 4244 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8005
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8005 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 4241 | 30 Kislev 8002 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4243 | 1 Tevet 8003 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4243 | 30 Kislev 8004 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4244 | 30 Kislev 8005 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4246 | 30 Kislev 8006 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4246 | 1 Tevet 8007 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4248 | 30 Kislev 8008 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4248 | 30 Kislev 8009 |
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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