Chag HaBanot 9638 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13398
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13398 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 9635 | 30 Kislev 13395 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9636 | 30 Kislev 13396 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9637 | 1 Tevet 13397 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9638 | 30 Kislev 13398 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9639 | 30 Kislev 13399 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9640 | 30 Kislev 13400 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9641 | 1 Tevet 13401 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9642 | 30 Kislev 13402 |
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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