Chag HaBanot 8029 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11789
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11789 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 8027 | 30 Kislev 11787 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8028 | 30 Kislev 11788 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8029 | 1 Tevet 11789 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8030 | 30 Kislev 11790 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8031 | 30 Kislev 11791 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8032 | 30 Kislev 11792 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8033 | 1 Tevet 11793 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8033 | 30 Kislev 11794 |
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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