Chag HaBanot 1988 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5749
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5749 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 1985 | 1 Tevet 5746 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1986 | 30 Kislev 5747 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1987 | 30 Kislev 5748 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1988 | 1 Tevet 5749 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1989 | 30 Kislev 5750 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1990 | 30 Kislev 5751 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1991 | 30 Kislev 5752 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1992 | 1 Tevet 5753 |
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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