Chag HaBanot 4890 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8651
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8651 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 4887 | 30 Kislev 8648 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4889 | 30 Kislev 8649 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4889 | 1 Tevet 8650 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4890 | 30 Kislev 8651 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4892 | 30 Kislev 8652 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4892 | 1 Tevet 8653 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4894 | 30 Kislev 8654 |
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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