Chag HaBanot 8123 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11883
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11883 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 8120 | 1 Tevet 11880 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8120 | 30 Kislev 11881 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8122 | 30 Kislev 11882 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8123 | 30 Kislev 11883 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8124 | 1 Tevet 11884 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8125 | 30 Kislev 11885 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8126 | 30 Kislev 11886 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8127 | 30 Kislev 11887 |
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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