Chag HaBanot 5139 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8899
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8899 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 5136 | 30 Kislev 8896 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5136 | 1 Tevet 8897 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5137 | 30 Kislev 8898 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5139 | 30 Kislev 8899 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5139 | 1 Tevet 8900 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5141 | 30 Kislev 8901 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5142 | 30 Kislev 8902 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5142 | 30 Kislev 8903 |
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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