Chag HaBanot 4738 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8499
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8499 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 4735 | 30 Kislev 8496 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4737 | 1 Tevet 8497 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4737 | 30 Kislev 8498 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4738 | 30 Kislev 8499 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4740 | 30 Kislev 8500 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4740 | 1 Tevet 8501 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4742 | 30 Kislev 8502 |
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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