Chag HaBanot 4791 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8551
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8551 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 4789 | 30 Kislev 8549 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4789 | 30 Kislev 8550 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4791 | 30 Kislev 8551 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4791 | 1 Tevet 8552 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4792 | 30 Kislev 8553 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4794 | 30 Kislev 8554 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4794 | 30 Kislev 8555 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4795 | 1 Tevet 8556 |
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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