Chag HaBanot 7064 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10824
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10824 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 7061 | 30 Kislev 10821 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7061 | 1 Tevet 10822 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7063 | 30 Kislev 10823 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7064 | 30 Kislev 10824 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7064 | 1 Tevet 10825 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7066 | 30 Kislev 10826 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7067 | 30 Kislev 10827 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7067 | 30 Kislev 10828 |
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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