Chag HaBanot 4393 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8154
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8154 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 4389 | 30 Kislev 8150 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4390 | 30 Kislev 8151 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4392 | 1 Tevet 8152 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4392 | 30 Kislev 8153 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4393 | 30 Kislev 8154 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4395 | 30 Kislev 8155 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4395 | 1 Tevet 8156 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4396 | 30 Kislev 8157 |
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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