Chag HaBanot 2219 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5980
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5980 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 2216 | 1 Tevet 5977 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2217 | 30 Kislev 5978 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2218 | 30 Kislev 5979 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2219 | 1 Tevet 5980 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2220 | 30 Kislev 5981 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2221 | 30 Kislev 5982 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2222 | 30 Kislev 5983 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2223 | 1 Tevet 5984 |
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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