Chag HaBanot 2208 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5969
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5969 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 2205 | 1 Tevet 5966 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2206 | 30 Kislev 5967 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2207 | 30 Kislev 5968 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2208 | 1 Tevet 5969 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2209 | 30 Kislev 5970 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2210 | 30 Kislev 5971 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2211 | 30 Kislev 5972 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2212 | 1 Tevet 5973 |
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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