Chag HaBanot 9761 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13521
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13521 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 9758 | 1 Tevet 13518 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9759 | 30 Kislev 13519 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9760 | 30 Kislev 13520 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9761 | 30 Kislev 13521 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9762 | 1 Tevet 13522 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9763 | 30 Kislev 13523 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9764 | 30 Kislev 13524 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9765 | 30 Kislev 13525 |
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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