Chag HaBanot 7561 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11321
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11321 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 7558 | 30 Kislev 11318 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7558 | 1 Tevet 11319 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7560 | 30 Kislev 11320 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7561 | 30 Kislev 11321 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7561 | 30 Kislev 11322 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7563 | 1 Tevet 11323 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7564 | 30 Kislev 11324 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7565 | 30 Kislev 11325 |
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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