Chag HaBanot 7436 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11196
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11196 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 7433 | 30 Kislev 11193 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7433 | 1 Tevet 11194 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7435 | 30 Kislev 11195 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7436 | 30 Kislev 11196 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7436 | 1 Tevet 11197 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7438 | 30 Kislev 11198 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7439 | 30 Kislev 11199 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7440 | 30 Kislev 11200 |
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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