Chag HaBanot 9571 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13331
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13331 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 9568 | 30 Kislev 13328 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9569 | 30 Kislev 13329 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9570 | 1 Tevet 13330 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9571 | 30 Kislev 13331 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9572 | 30 Kislev 13332 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9573 | 30 Kislev 13333 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9574 | 30 Kislev 13334 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9575 | 1 Tevet 13335 |
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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