Chag HaBanot 8903 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12663
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12663 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 8900 | 1 Tevet 12660 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8901 | 30 Kislev 12661 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8902 | 30 Kislev 12662 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8903 | 30 Kislev 12663 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8904 | 30 Kislev 12664 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8905 | 1 Tevet 12665 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8906 | 30 Kislev 12666 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8907 | 30 Kislev 12667 |
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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