Chag HaBanot 7196 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 10956
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 10956 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 7193 | 30 Kislev 10953 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7194 | 1 Tevet 10954 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7194 | 30 Kislev 10955 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7196 | 30 Kislev 10956 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7197 | 30 Kislev 10957 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7197 | 1 Tevet 10958 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7199 | 30 Kislev 10959 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7200 | 30 Kislev 10960 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7200 | 30 Kislev 10961 |
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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