Chag HaBanot 2185 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5946
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5946 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 2182 | 30 Kislev 5943 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2183 | 30 Kislev 5944 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2184 | 30 Kislev 5945 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2185 | 1 Tevet 5946 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2186 | 30 Kislev 5947 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2187 | 30 Kislev 5948 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2188 | 30 Kislev 5949 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2189 | 1 Tevet 5950 |
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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