Chag HaBanot 5315 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9075
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9075 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 5312 | 30 Kislev 9072 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5313 | 1 Tevet 9073 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5313 | 30 Kislev 9074 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5315 | 30 Kislev 9075 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5316 | 30 Kislev 9076 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5316 | 1 Tevet 9077 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5318 | 30 Kislev 9078 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5318 | 30 Kislev 9079 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5319 | 30 Kislev 9080 |
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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