Chag HaBanot 5443 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9203
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9203 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 5440 | 30 Kislev 9200 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5440 | 30 Kislev 9201 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5441 | 1 Tevet 9202 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5443 | 30 Kislev 9203 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5443 | 30 Kislev 9204 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5445 | 30 Kislev 9205 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5446 | 30 Kislev 9206 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5446 | 1 Tevet 9207 |
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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