Chag HaBanot 4339 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8100
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8100 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 4336 | 1 Tevet 8097 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4338 | 30 Kislev 8098 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4338 | 30 Kislev 8099 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4339 | 30 Kislev 8100 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4341 | 1 Tevet 8101 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4341 | 30 Kislev 8102 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4343 | 30 Kislev 8103 |
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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