Chag HaBanot 9024 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12784
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12784 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 9021 | 1 Tevet 12781 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9022 | 30 Kislev 12782 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9023 | 30 Kislev 12783 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9024 | 30 Kislev 12784 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9025 | 1 Tevet 12785 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9026 | 30 Kislev 12786 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9027 | 30 Kislev 12787 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9028 | 30 Kislev 12788 |
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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