Chag HaBanot 5240 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9001
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9001 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 5237 | 30 Kislev 8997 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5237 | 1 Tevet 8998 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5239 | 30 Kislev 8999 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5239 | 30 Kislev 9000 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5240 | 30 Kislev 9001 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5242 | 30 Kislev 9002 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5242 | 30 Kislev 9003 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5243 | 1 Tevet 9004 |
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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