Chag HaBanot 4957 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8717
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8717 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 4954 | 30 Kislev 8714 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4954 | 30 Kislev 8715 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4955 | 30 Kislev 8716 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4957 | 1 Tevet 8717 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4957 | 30 Kislev 8718 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4958 | 30 Kislev 8719 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4960 | 30 Kislev 8720 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4960 | 1 Tevet 8721 |
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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