Chag HaBanot 2083 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5844
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5844 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 2080 | 30 Kislev 5841 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2081 | 30 Kislev 5842 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2082 | 30 Kislev 5843 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2083 | 1 Tevet 5844 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2084 | 30 Kislev 5845 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2085 | 30 Kislev 5846 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2086 | 1 Tevet 5847 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2087 | 30 Kislev 5848 |
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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