Chag HaBanot 8912 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12672
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12672 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 8909 | 30 Kislev 12669 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8910 | 30 Kislev 12670 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8911 | 30 Kislev 12671 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8912 | 1 Tevet 12672 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8913 | 30 Kislev 12673 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8914 | 30 Kislev 12674 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8915 | 30 Kislev 12675 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8916 | 1 Tevet 12676 |
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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