Chag HaBanot 5232 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 8993
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 8993 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 5228 | 30 Kislev 8989 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5229 | 30 Kislev 8990 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5231 | 1 Tevet 8991 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5231 | 30 Kislev 8992 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5232 | 30 Kislev 8993 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5234 | 30 Kislev 8994 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5234 | 1 Tevet 8995 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5236 | 30 Kislev 8996 |
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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