Chag HaBanot 2117 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5878
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5878 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 2114 | 1 Tevet 5875 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2115 | 30 Kislev 5876 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2116 | 30 Kislev 5877 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2117 | 30 Kislev 5878 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2118 | 1 Tevet 5879 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2119 | 30 Kislev 5880 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2120 | 30 Kislev 5881 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2121 | 1 Tevet 5882 |
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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