Chag HaBanot 7639 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11399
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11399 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 7636 | 30 Kislev 11396 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7637 | 30 Kislev 11397 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7637 | 1 Tevet 11398 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7639 | 30 Kislev 11399 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7640 | 30 Kislev 11400 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7641 | 1 Tevet 11401 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7642 | 30 Kislev 11402 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7642 | 30 Kislev 11403 |
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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