Chag HaBanot 4479 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8239
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8239 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 4476 | 30 Kislev 8236 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4476 | 30 Kislev 8237 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4477 | 1 Tevet 8238 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4479 | 30 Kislev 8239 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4479 | 30 Kislev 8240 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4480 | 30 Kislev 8241 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4482 | 30 Kislev 8242 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4482 | 1 Tevet 8243 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4483 | 30 Kislev 8244 |
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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