Chag HaBanot 4669 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8429
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8429 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 4666 | 1 Tevet 8426 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4666 | 30 Kislev 8427 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4667 | 30 Kislev 8428 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4669 | 30 Kislev 8429 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4669 | 1 Tevet 8430 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4670 | 30 Kislev 8431 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4672 | 30 Kislev 8432 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4672 | 30 Kislev 8433 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4673 | 1 Tevet 8434 |
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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