Chag HaBanot 2174 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5935
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5935 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 2171 | 30 Kislev 5932 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2172 | 1 Tevet 5933 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2173 | 30 Kislev 5934 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2174 | 30 Kislev 5935 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2175 | 30 Kislev 5936 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2176 | 1 Tevet 5937 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2177 | 30 Kislev 5938 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2178 | 30 Kislev 5939 |
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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