Chag HaBanot 5175 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8936
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8936 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 5172 | 30 Kislev 8932 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5172 | 1 Tevet 8933 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5174 | 30 Kislev 8934 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5174 | 30 Kislev 8935 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5175 | 1 Tevet 8936 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5177 | 30 Kislev 8937 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5177 | 30 Kislev 8938 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5179 | 30 Kislev 8939 |
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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