Chag HaBanot 7417 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11177
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11177 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 7414 | 1 Tevet 11174 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7414 | 30 Kislev 11175 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7416 | 30 Kislev 11176 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7417 | 30 Kislev 11177 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7417 | 1 Tevet 11178 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7419 | 30 Kislev 11179 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7420 | 30 Kislev 11180 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7421 | 30 Kislev 11181 |
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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