Chag HaBanot 8753 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12513
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12513 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 8750 | 1 Tevet 12510 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8751 | 30 Kislev 12511 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8752 | 30 Kislev 12512 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8753 | 30 Kislev 12513 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8754 | 30 Kislev 12514 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8755 | 30 Kislev 12515 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8756 | 1 Tevet 12516 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8757 | 30 Kislev 12517 |
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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