Chag HaBanot 8005 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11765
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11765 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 8002 | 1 Tevet 11762 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8003 | 30 Kislev 11763 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8004 | 30 Kislev 11764 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8005 | 30 Kislev 11765 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8006 | 1 Tevet 11766 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8006 | 30 Kislev 11767 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8008 | 30 Kislev 11768 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8009 | 1 Tevet 11769 |
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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