Chag HaBanot 4369 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8130
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8130 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 4366 | 30 Kislev 8127 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4368 | 30 Kislev 8128 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4368 | 1 Tevet 8129 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4369 | 30 Kislev 8130 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4371 | 30 Kislev 8131 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4371 | 1 Tevet 8132 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4373 | 30 Kislev 8133 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4373 | 30 Kislev 8134 |
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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