Chag HaBanot 8086 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11846
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11846 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 8084 | 1 Tevet 11844 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8085 | 30 Kislev 11845 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8086 | 30 Kislev 11846 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8087 | 30 Kislev 11847 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8088 | 1 Tevet 11848 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8089 | 30 Kislev 11849 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8090 | 30 Kislev 11850 |
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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