Chag HaBanot 5356 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9116
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9116 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 5353 | 30 Kislev 9113 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5353 | 30 Kislev 9114 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5354 | 30 Kislev 9115 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5356 | 1 Tevet 9116 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5356 | 30 Kislev 9117 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5357 | 30 Kislev 9118 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5359 | 30 Kislev 9119 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5359 | 1 Tevet 9120 |
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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