Chag HaBanot 2089 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5850
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5850 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 2086 | 1 Tevet 5847 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2087 | 30 Kislev 5848 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2088 | 30 Kislev 5849 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2089 | 30 Kislev 5850 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2090 | 1 Tevet 5851 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2091 | 30 Kislev 5852 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2092 | 30 Kislev 5853 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2093 | 30 Kislev 5854 |
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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