Chag HaBanot 7884 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11644
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11644 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 7881 | 1 Tevet 11641 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7881 | 30 Kislev 11642 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7883 | 30 Kislev 11643 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7884 | 30 Kislev 11644 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7884 | 1 Tevet 11645 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7886 | 30 Kislev 11646 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7887 | 30 Kislev 11647 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 7888 | 1 Tevet 11648 |
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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