Chag HaBanot 2098 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5859
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5859 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 2095 | 30 Kislev 5856 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2096 | 30 Kislev 5857 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2097 | 30 Kislev 5858 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2098 | 1 Tevet 5859 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2099 | 30 Kislev 5860 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2100 | 30 Kislev 5861 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2101 | 30 Kislev 5862 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2102 | 1 Tevet 5863 |
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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