Chag HaBanot 2036 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5797
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5797 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 2033 | 30 Kislev 5794 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2034 | 30 Kislev 5795 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2035 | 30 Kislev 5796 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2036 | 1 Tevet 5797 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2037 | 30 Kislev 5798 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2038 | 30 Kislev 5799 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2039 | 30 Kislev 5800 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2040 | 1 Tevet 5801 |
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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