Chag HaBanot 2113 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5874
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5874 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 2110 | 1 Tevet 5871 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2111 | 30 Kislev 5872 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2112 | 30 Kislev 5873 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2113 | 30 Kislev 5874 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2114 | 1 Tevet 5875 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2115 | 30 Kislev 5876 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2116 | 30 Kislev 5877 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2117 | 30 Kislev 5878 |
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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