Chag HaBanot 5148 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8909
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8909 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 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 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5150 | 30 Kislev 8910 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5150 | 30 Kislev 8911 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5152 | 30 Kislev 8912 |
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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