Chag HaBanot 5145 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8906
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8906 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 5142 | 30 Kislev 8902 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5142 | 30 Kislev 8903 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5144 | 30 Kislev 8904 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5144 | 30 Kislev 8905 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5145 | 1 Tevet 8906 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5147 | 30 Kislev 8907 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5147 | 30 Kislev 8908 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5148 | 1 Tevet 8909 |
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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