Chag HaBanot 8043 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11803
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11803 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 8040 | 30 Kislev 11800 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8041 | 30 Kislev 11801 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8042 | 1 Tevet 11802 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8043 | 30 Kislev 11803 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8044 | 30 Kislev 11804 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8044 | 1 Tevet 11805 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8046 | 30 Kislev 11806 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8047 | 30 Kislev 11807 |
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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