Chag HaBanot 8336 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12096
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12096 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 8333 | 30 Kislev 12093 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8334 | 30 Kislev 12094 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8335 | 1 Tevet 12095 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8336 | 30 Kislev 12096 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8337 | 30 Kislev 12097 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8338 | 30 Kislev 12098 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8339 | 30 Kislev 12099 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8340 | 1 Tevet 12100 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8340 | 30 Kislev 12101 |
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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