Chag HaBanot 4309 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8070
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8070 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 4305 | 30 Kislev 8066 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4306 | 1 Tevet 8067 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4308 | 30 Kislev 8068 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4308 | 30 Kislev 8069 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4309 | 1 Tevet 8070 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4311 | 30 Kislev 8071 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4311 | 30 Kislev 8072 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4312 | 30 Kislev 8073 |
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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