Chag HaBanot 7172 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10932
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10932 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 7169 | 30 Kislev 10929 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7170 | 30 Kislev 10930 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7170 | 1 Tevet 10931 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7172 | 30 Kislev 10932 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7173 | 30 Kislev 10933 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7174 | 30 Kislev 10934 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7175 | 30 Kislev 10935 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7176 | 1 Tevet 10936 |
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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