Chag HaBanot 4857 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8618
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8618 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 4854 | 30 Kislev 8614 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4854 | 1 Tevet 8615 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4856 | 30 Kislev 8616 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4856 | 30 Kislev 8617 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4857 | 30 Kislev 8618 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4859 | 1 Tevet 8619 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4859 | 30 Kislev 8620 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4860 | 30 Kislev 8621 |
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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