Chag HaBanot 4982 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8743
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8743 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 4979 | 30 Kislev 8739 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4979 | 1 Tevet 8740 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4981 | 30 Kislev 8741 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4981 | 30 Kislev 8742 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4982 | 30 Kislev 8743 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4984 | 1 Tevet 8744 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4984 | 30 Kislev 8745 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4985 | 30 Kislev 8746 |
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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