Chag HaBanot 1803 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5564
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5564 began on and ended 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 1800 | 1 Tevet 5561 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1801 | 30 Kislev 5562 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1802 | 30 Kislev 5563 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1803 | 30 Kislev 5564 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1804 | 1 Tevet 5565 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1805 | 30 Kislev 5566 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1806 | 30 Kislev 5567 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1807 | 30 Kislev 5568 |
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
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