Chag HaBanot 4594 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8355
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8355 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 4590 | 30 Kislev 8351 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4591 | 1 Tevet 8352 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4593 | 30 Kislev 8353 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4593 | 30 Kislev 8354 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4594 | 30 Kislev 8355 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4596 | 1 Tevet 8356 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4596 | 30 Kislev 8357 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4597 | 30 Kislev 8358 |
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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