Chag HaBanot 4746 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8507
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8507 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 4743 | 30 Kislev 8503 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4743 | 1 Tevet 8504 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4745 | 30 Kislev 8505 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4745 | 30 Kislev 8506 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4746 | 30 Kislev 8507 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4748 | 30 Kislev 8508 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4748 | 30 Kislev 8509 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4749 | 1 Tevet 8510 |
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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