Chag HaBanot 2235 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5996
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5996 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 2232 | 1 Tevet 5993 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2234 | 30 Kislev 5994 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2234 | 30 Kislev 5995 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2235 | 1 Tevet 5996 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2236 | 30 Kislev 5997 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2237 | 30 Kislev 5998 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2238 | 30 Kislev 5999 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2239 | 1 Tevet 6000 |
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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