Chag HaBanot 5422 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9183
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9183 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 5419 | 30 Kislev 9179 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5419 | 1 Tevet 9180 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5421 | 30 Kislev 9181 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5421 | 30 Kislev 9182 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5422 | 1 Tevet 9183 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5424 | 30 Kislev 9184 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5424 | 30 Kislev 9185 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5426 | 30 Kislev 9186 |
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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