Chag HaBanot 4518 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8279
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8279 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 4515 | 30 Kislev 8276 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4517 | 1 Tevet 8277 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4517 | 30 Kislev 8278 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4518 | 30 Kislev 8279 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4520 | 30 Kislev 8280 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4520 | 1 Tevet 8281 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4521 | 30 Kislev 8282 |
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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