Chag HaBanot 7724 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11484
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11484 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 7721 | 30 Kislev 11481 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7721 | 30 Kislev 11482 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7723 | 30 Kislev 11483 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7724 | 1 Tevet 11484 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7725 | 30 Kislev 11485 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7726 | 30 Kislev 11486 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7727 | 30 Kislev 11487 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7728 | 1 Tevet 11488 |
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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