Chag HaBanot 1981 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5742
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5742 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 1978 | 30 Kislev 5739 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1979 | 30 Kislev 5740 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1980 | 1 Tevet 5741 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1981 | 30 Kislev 5742 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1982 | 30 Kislev 5743 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1983 | 30 Kislev 5744 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1984 | 30 Kislev 5745 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1985 | 1 Tevet 5746 |
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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