Chag HaBanot 4678 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8439
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8439 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 4675 | 30 Kislev 8435 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4675 | 30 Kislev 8436 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4677 | 30 Kislev 8437 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4677 | 30 Kislev 8438 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4678 | 1 Tevet 8439 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4680 | 30 Kislev 8440 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4680 | 30 Kislev 8441 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4681 | 1 Tevet 8442 |
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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