Chag HaBanot 7785 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11545
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11545 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 7782 | 1 Tevet 11542 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7783 | 30 Kislev 11543 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7784 | 30 Kislev 11544 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7785 | 30 Kislev 11545 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7786 | 1 Tevet 11546 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7786 | 30 Kislev 11547 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7788 | 30 Kislev 11548 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7789 | 30 Kislev 11549 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7789 | 1 Tevet 11550 |
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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