Chag HaBanot 9440 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13200
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13200 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 9437 | 1 Tevet 13197 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9438 | 30 Kislev 13198 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9439 | 30 Kislev 13199 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9440 | 1 Tevet 13200 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9441 | 30 Kislev 13201 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9442 | 30 Kislev 13202 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9443 | 30 Kislev 13203 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9444 | 1 Tevet 13204 |
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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