Chag HaBanot 9886 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13646
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13646 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 9883 | 1 Tevet 13643 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9884 | 30 Kislev 13644 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9885 | 30 Kislev 13645 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9886 | 30 Kislev 13646 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9887 | 1 Tevet 13647 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9888 | 30 Kislev 13648 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9889 | 30 Kislev 13649 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9890 | 30 Kislev 13650 |
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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