Chag HaBanot 4295 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8056
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8056 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 4292 | 30 Kislev 8052 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4292 | 30 Kislev 8053 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4293 | 1 Tevet 8054 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4294 | 30 Kislev 8055 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4295 | 30 Kislev 8056 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4297 | 30 Kislev 8057 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4297 | 1 Tevet 8058 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4298 | 30 Kislev 8059 |
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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