Chag HaBanot 4354 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8114
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8114 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 4352 | 30 Kislev 8112 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4352 | 1 Tevet 8113 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4354 | 30 Kislev 8114 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4354 | 30 Kislev 8115 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4355 | 1 Tevet 8116 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4357 | 30 Kislev 8117 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4357 | 30 Kislev 8118 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4358 | 30 Kislev 8119 |
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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