Chag HaBanot 8069 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11829
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11829 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 8066 | 1 Tevet 11826 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8067 | 30 Kislev 11827 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8068 | 30 Kislev 11828 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8069 | 1 Tevet 11829 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8070 | 30 Kislev 11830 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8071 | 30 Kislev 11831 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8072 | 30 Kislev 11832 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8073 | 1 Tevet 11833 |
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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