Chag HaBanot 4409 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8170
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8170 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 4406 | 30 Kislev 8166 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4406 | 30 Kislev 8167 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4407 | 1 Tevet 8168 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4408 | 30 Kislev 8169 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4409 | 30 Kislev 8170 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4411 | 30 Kislev 8171 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4411 | 1 Tevet 8172 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4412 | 30 Kislev 8173 |
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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