Chag HaBanot 2130 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5891
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5891 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 2127 | 1 Tevet 5888 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2128 | 30 Kislev 5889 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2129 | 1 Tevet 5890 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2130 | 30 Kislev 5891 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2131 | 30 Kislev 5892 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2132 | 30 Kislev 5893 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2133 | 30 Kislev 5894 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2134 | 1 Tevet 5895 |
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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