Chag HaBanot 9307 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13067
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13067 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 9304 | 1 Tevet 13064 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9305 | 30 Kislev 13065 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9306 | 30 Kislev 13066 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9307 | 30 Kislev 13067 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9308 | 1 Tevet 13068 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9309 | 30 Kislev 13069 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9310 | 30 Kislev 13070 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9311 | 30 Kislev 13071 |
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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