Chag HaBanot 5262 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9023
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9023 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 5259 | 30 Kislev 9020 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5261 | 30 Kislev 9021 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5261 | 1 Tevet 9022 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5262 | 30 Kislev 9023 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5264 | 30 Kislev 9024 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5264 | 30 Kislev 9025 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5266 | 1 Tevet 9026 |
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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