Chag HaBanot 4268 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8029
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8029 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 4265 | 30 Kislev 8025 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4265 | 30 Kislev 8026 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4267 | 1 Tevet 8027 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4267 | 30 Kislev 8028 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4268 | 30 Kislev 8029 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4270 | 30 Kislev 8030 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4270 | 1 Tevet 8031 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4271 | 30 Kislev 8032 |
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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