Chag HaBanot 8951 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12711
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12711 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 8948 | 30 Kislev 12708 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8949 | 30 Kislev 12709 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8950 | 1 Tevet 12710 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8951 | 30 Kislev 12711 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8952 | 30 Kislev 12712 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8953 | 30 Kislev 12713 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8954 | 1 Tevet 12714 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8955 | 30 Kislev 12715 |
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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