Chag HaBanot 2212 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5973
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5973 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 2209 | 30 Kislev 5970 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2210 | 30 Kislev 5971 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2211 | 30 Kislev 5972 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2212 | 1 Tevet 5973 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2213 | 30 Kislev 5974 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2215 | 30 Kislev 5975 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2215 | 30 Kislev 5976 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2216 | 1 Tevet 5977 |
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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