Chag HaBanot 4488 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8249
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8249 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 4484 | 30 Kislev 8245 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4485 | 1 Tevet 8246 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4487 | 30 Kislev 8247 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4487 | 30 Kislev 8248 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4488 | 30 Kislev 8249 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4490 | 1 Tevet 8250 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4490 | 30 Kislev 8251 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4491 | 30 Kislev 8252 |
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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