Chag HaBanot 4542 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8303
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8303 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 4539 | 30 Kislev 8299 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4539 | 30 Kislev 8300 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4540 | 1 Tevet 8301 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4541 | 30 Kislev 8302 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4542 | 30 Kislev 8303 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4544 | 30 Kislev 8304 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4544 | 1 Tevet 8305 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4545 | 30 Kislev 8306 |
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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