Chag HaBanot 4629 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8390
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8390 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 4626 | 30 Kislev 8386 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4626 | 1 Tevet 8387 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4628 | 30 Kislev 8388 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4628 | 30 Kislev 8389 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4629 | 30 Kislev 8390 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4631 | 30 Kislev 8391 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4631 | 1 Tevet 8392 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4632 | 30 Kislev 8393 |
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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