Chag HaBanot 9913 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13673
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13673 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 9910 | 30 Kislev 13670 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9911 | 1 Tevet 13671 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9912 | 30 Kislev 13672 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9913 | 30 Kislev 13673 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9914 | 30 Kislev 13674 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9915 | 1 Tevet 13675 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9916 | 30 Kislev 13676 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9917 | 30 Kislev 13677 |
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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