Chag HaBanot 9057 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12817
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12817 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 9054 | 30 Kislev 12814 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9055 | 30 Kislev 12815 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9056 | 30 Kislev 12816 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9057 | 1 Tevet 12817 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9058 | 30 Kislev 12818 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9059 | 30 Kislev 12819 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9060 | 30 Kislev 12820 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9061 | 1 Tevet 12821 |
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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