Chag HaBanot 8510 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12270
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12270 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 8507 | 30 Kislev 12267 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8508 | 30 Kislev 12268 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8509 | 1 Tevet 12269 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8510 | 30 Kislev 12270 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8511 | 30 Kislev 12271 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8511 | 1 Tevet 12272 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8513 | 30 Kislev 12273 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8514 | 30 Kislev 12274 |
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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