Chag HaBanot 7622 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11382
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11382 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 7620 | 30 Kislev 11380 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7621 | 1 Tevet 11381 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7622 | 30 Kislev 11382 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7623 | 30 Kislev 11383 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7624 | 30 Kislev 11384 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7625 | 30 Kislev 11385 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7626 | 1 Tevet 11386 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7626 | 30 Kislev 11387 |
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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