Chag HaBanot 9951 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13711
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13711 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 9948 | 30 Kislev 13708 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9949 | 30 Kislev 13709 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9950 | 1 Tevet 13710 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9951 | 30 Kislev 13711 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9952 | 30 Kislev 13712 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9953 | 30 Kislev 13713 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9954 | 1 Tevet 13714 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9955 | 30 Kislev 13715 |
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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