Chag HaBanot 5106 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8866
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8866 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 5103 | 30 Kislev 8863 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5104 | 30 Kislev 8864 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5104 | 1 Tevet 8865 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5106 | 30 Kislev 8866 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5106 | 30 Kislev 8867 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5107 | 30 Kislev 8868 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5109 | 1 Tevet 8869 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5109 | 30 Kislev 8870 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5110 | 30 Kislev 8871 |
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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