Chag HaBanot 4765 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8526
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8526 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 4761 | 30 Kislev 8522 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4762 | 30 Kislev 8523 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4764 | 1 Tevet 8524 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4764 | 30 Kislev 8525 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4765 | 30 Kislev 8526 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4767 | 30 Kislev 8527 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4767 | 1 Tevet 8528 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4768 | 30 Kislev 8529 |
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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