Chag HaBanot 7118 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10878
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10878 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 7115 | 30 Kislev 10875 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7116 | 1 Tevet 10876 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7117 | 30 Kislev 10877 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7118 | 30 Kislev 10878 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7119 | 30 Kislev 10879 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7120 | 1 Tevet 10880 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7121 | 30 Kislev 10881 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7121 | 30 Kislev 10882 |
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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