Chag HaBanot 4279 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8040
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8040 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 4275 | 30 Kislev 8036 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4276 | 30 Kislev 8037 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4278 | 1 Tevet 8038 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4278 | 30 Kislev 8039 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4279 | 30 Kislev 8040 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4281 | 30 Kislev 8041 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4281 | 30 Kislev 8042 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4282 | 1 Tevet 8043 |
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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