Chag HaBanot 2170 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5931
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5931 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 2167 | 30 Kislev 5928 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2168 | 1 Tevet 5929 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2169 | 30 Kislev 5930 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2170 | 30 Kislev 5931 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2171 | 30 Kislev 5932 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2172 | 1 Tevet 5933 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2173 | 30 Kislev 5934 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2174 | 30 Kislev 5935 |
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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