Chag HaBanot 4642 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8402
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8402 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 4639 | 1 Tevet 8399 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4639 | 30 Kislev 8400 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4640 | 30 Kislev 8401 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4642 | 30 Kislev 8402 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4642 | 1 Tevet 8403 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4643 | 30 Kislev 8404 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4645 | 30 Kislev 8405 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4645 | 1 Tevet 8406 |
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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