Chag HaBanot 2155 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5916
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5916 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 2152 | 30 Kislev 5913 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2153 | 30 Kislev 5914 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2154 | 1 Tevet 5915 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2155 | 30 Kislev 5916 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2156 | 1 Tevet 5917 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2157 | 30 Kislev 5918 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2158 | 30 Kislev 5919 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2159 | 30 Kislev 5920 |
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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