Chag HaBanot 2137 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5898
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5898 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 2134 | 1 Tevet 5895 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2135 | 30 Kislev 5896 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2136 | 30 Kislev 5897 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2137 | 1 Tevet 5898 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2138 | 30 Kislev 5899 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2139 | 30 Kislev 5900 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2140 | 30 Kislev 5901 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2141 | 1 Tevet 5902 |
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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