Chag HaBanot 5012 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8773
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8773 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 5009 | 30 Kislev 8769 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5009 | 30 Kislev 8770 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5011 | 1 Tevet 8771 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5011 | 30 Kislev 8772 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5012 | 30 Kislev 8773 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5014 | 30 Kislev 8774 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5014 | 1 Tevet 8775 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5015 | 30 Kislev 8776 |
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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