Chag HaBanot 5300 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9061
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9061 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 5297 | 1 Tevet 9058 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5299 | 30 Kislev 9059 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5299 | 30 Kislev 9060 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5300 | 30 Kislev 9061 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5302 | 1 Tevet 9062 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5302 | 30 Kislev 9063 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5304 | 30 Kislev 9064 |
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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