Chag HaBanot 8062 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11822
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11822 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 8059 | 30 Kislev 11819 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8060 | 30 Kislev 11820 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8061 | 1 Tevet 11821 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8062 | 30 Kislev 11822 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8063 | 30 Kislev 11823 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8063 | 30 Kislev 11824 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8065 | 30 Kislev 11825 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8066 | 1 Tevet 11826 |
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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