Chag HaBanot 7166 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10926
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10926 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 7164 | 30 Kislev 10924 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7165 | 30 Kislev 10925 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7166 | 30 Kislev 10926 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7167 | 1 Tevet 10927 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7167 | 30 Kislev 10928 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7169 | 30 Kislev 10929 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7170 | 30 Kislev 10930 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7170 | 1 Tevet 10931 |
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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