Chag HaBanot 4586 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8347
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8347 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 4583 | 1 Tevet 8344 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4585 | 30 Kislev 8345 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4585 | 30 Kislev 8346 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4586 | 30 Kislev 8347 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4588 | 1 Tevet 8348 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4588 | 30 Kislev 8349 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4590 | 30 Kislev 8350 |
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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