Chag HaBanot 4806 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8567
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8567 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 4803 | 1 Tevet 8564 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4805 | 30 Kislev 8565 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4805 | 30 Kislev 8566 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4806 | 30 Kislev 8567 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4808 | 1 Tevet 8568 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4808 | 30 Kislev 8569 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4810 | 30 Kislev 8570 |
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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