Chag HaBanot 5098 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8858
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8858 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 5095 | 30 Kislev 8855 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5096 | 30 Kislev 8856 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5096 | 1 Tevet 8857 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5098 | 30 Kislev 8858 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5098 | 30 Kislev 8859 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5099 | 30 Kislev 8860 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5101 | 30 Kislev 8861 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5101 | 1 Tevet 8862 |
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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