Chag HaBanot 7556 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11316
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11316 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 7553 | 30 Kislev 11313 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7554 | 30 Kislev 11314 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7555 | 30 Kislev 11315 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7556 | 1 Tevet 11316 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7557 | 30 Kislev 11317 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7558 | 30 Kislev 11318 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7558 | 1 Tevet 11319 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7560 | 30 Kislev 11320 |
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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