Chag HaBanot 1839 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5600
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5600 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 1836 | 1 Tevet 5597 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1837 | 30 Kislev 5598 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1838 | 30 Kislev 5599 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1839 | 30 Kislev 5600 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1840 | 1 Tevet 5601 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1841 | 30 Kislev 5602 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1842 | 30 Kislev 5603 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1843 | 30 Kislev 5604 |
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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