Chag HaBanot 8394 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12154
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12154 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 8391 | 1 Tevet 12151 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8392 | 30 Kislev 12152 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8393 | 30 Kislev 12153 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8394 | 30 Kislev 12154 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8395 | 1 Tevet 12155 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8396 | 30 Kislev 12156 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8397 | 30 Kislev 12157 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8397 | 1 Tevet 12158 |
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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