Chag HaBanot 9446 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13206
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13206 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 9443 | 30 Kislev 13203 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9444 | 1 Tevet 13204 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9445 | 30 Kislev 13205 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9446 | 30 Kislev 13206 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9447 | 30 Kislev 13207 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9448 | 1 Tevet 13208 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9449 | 30 Kislev 13209 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9450 | 30 Kislev 13210 |
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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