Chag HaBanot 4692 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8453
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8453 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 4689 | 1 Tevet 8450 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4691 | 30 Kislev 8451 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4691 | 30 Kislev 8452 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4692 | 30 Kislev 8453 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4694 | 1 Tevet 8454 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4694 | 30 Kislev 8455 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4696 | 30 Kislev 8456 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4696 | 30 Kislev 8457 |
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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