Chag HaBanot 4347 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8108
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8108 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 4343 | 30 Kislev 8104 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4344 | 1 Tevet 8105 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4346 | 30 Kislev 8106 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4346 | 30 Kislev 8107 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4347 | 30 Kislev 8108 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4349 | 1 Tevet 8109 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4349 | 30 Kislev 8110 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4350 | 30 Kislev 8111 |
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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