Chag HaBanot 4550 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8310
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8310 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 4547 | 30 Kislev 8307 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4547 | 30 Kislev 8308 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4548 | 1 Tevet 8309 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4550 | 30 Kislev 8310 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4550 | 30 Kislev 8311 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4552 | 30 Kislev 8312 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4552 | 30 Kislev 8313 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4553 | 1 Tevet 8314 |
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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