Chag HaBanot 4996 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8757
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8757 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 4993 | 30 Kislev 8754 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4995 | 30 Kislev 8755 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4995 | 30 Kislev 8756 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4996 | 1 Tevet 8757 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4998 | 30 Kislev 8758 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 4998 | 1 Tevet 8759 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5000 | 30 Kislev 8760 |
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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