Chag HaBanot 8939 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12699
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12699 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 8936 | 30 Kislev 12696 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8937 | 30 Kislev 12697 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8938 | 30 Kislev 12698 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8939 | 1 Tevet 12699 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8940 | 30 Kislev 12700 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8941 | 30 Kislev 12701 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8942 | 30 Kislev 12702 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8943 | 1 Tevet 12703 |
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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