Chag HaBanot 4616 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8377
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8377 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 4613 | 30 Kislev 8374 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4615 | 30 Kislev 8375 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4615 | 1 Tevet 8376 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4616 | 30 Kislev 8377 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4618 | 30 Kislev 8378 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4618 | 1 Tevet 8379 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4620 | 30 Kislev 8380 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4620 | 30 Kislev 8381 |
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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