Chag HaBanot 8576 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12336
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12336 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 8573 | 30 Kislev 12333 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8574 | 1 Tevet 12334 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8575 | 30 Kislev 12335 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8576 | 30 Kislev 12336 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8577 | 30 Kislev 12337 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8578 | 1 Tevet 12338 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8579 | 30 Kislev 12339 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8580 | 30 Kislev 12340 |
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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