Chag HaBanot 2200 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5961
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5961 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 2197 | 30 Kislev 5958 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2198 | 30 Kislev 5959 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2199 | 30 Kislev 5960 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2200 | 1 Tevet 5961 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2201 | 30 Kislev 5962 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2202 | 30 Kislev 5963 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2203 | 30 Kislev 5964 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2204 | 30 Kislev 5965 |
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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