Chag HaBanot 5365 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9126
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9126 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 5362 | 30 Kislev 9122 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5362 | 30 Kislev 9123 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5364 | 1 Tevet 9124 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5364 | 30 Kislev 9125 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5365 | 30 Kislev 9126 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5367 | 30 Kislev 9127 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5367 | 1 Tevet 9128 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5369 | 30 Kislev 9129 |
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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