Chag HaBanot 4711 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8472
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8472 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 4708 | 30 Kislev 8469 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4710 | 1 Tevet 8470 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4710 | 30 Kislev 8471 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4711 | 30 Kislev 8472 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4713 | 30 Kislev 8473 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4713 | 1 Tevet 8474 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4715 | 30 Kislev 8475 |
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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