Chag HaBanot 2125 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5886
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5886 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 2122 | 30 Kislev 5883 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2123 | 30 Kislev 5884 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2124 | 30 Kislev 5885 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2125 | 30 Kislev 5886 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2126 | 30 Kislev 5887 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2127 | 1 Tevet 5888 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2128 | 30 Kislev 5889 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2129 | 1 Tevet 5890 |
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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