Chag HaBanot 7367 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11127
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11127 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 7364 | 30 Kislev 11124 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7365 | 30 Kislev 11125 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7366 | 30 Kislev 11126 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7367 | 1 Tevet 11127 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7368 | 30 Kislev 11128 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7368 | 30 Kislev 11129 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7370 | 30 Kislev 11130 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7371 | 30 Kislev 11131 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7371 | 1 Tevet 11132 |
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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