Chag HaBanot 7003 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10763
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10763 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 7001 | 30 Kislev 10761 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7002 | 1 Tevet 10762 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7003 | 30 Kislev 10763 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7004 | 30 Kislev 10764 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7004 | 30 Kislev 10765 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7006 | 30 Kislev 10766 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7007 | 1 Tevet 10767 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7007 | 30 Kislev 10768 |
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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