Chag HaBanot 4464 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8225
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8225 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 4461 | 30 Kislev 8222 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4463 | 1 Tevet 8223 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4463 | 30 Kislev 8224 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4464 | 30 Kislev 8225 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4466 | 30 Kislev 8226 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4466 | 1 Tevet 8227 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4468 | 30 Kislev 8228 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4468 | 30 Kislev 8229 |
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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