Chag HaBanot 2042 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5803
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5803 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 2039 | 30 Kislev 5800 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2040 | 1 Tevet 5801 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2041 | 30 Kislev 5802 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2042 | 30 Kislev 5803 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2043 | 1 Tevet 5804 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2044 | 30 Kislev 5805 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2045 | 30 Kislev 5806 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2046 | 30 Kislev 5807 |
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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