Chag HaBanot 4776 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8537
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8537 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 4773 | 30 Kislev 8534 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4775 | 30 Kislev 8535 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4775 | 30 Kislev 8536 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4776 | 1 Tevet 8537 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4778 | 30 Kislev 8538 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4778 | 30 Kislev 8539 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4780 | 30 Kislev 8540 |
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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