Chag HaBanot 5479 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9240
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9240 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 5476 | 30 Kislev 9236 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5476 | 30 Kislev 9237 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5478 | 1 Tevet 9238 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5478 | 30 Kislev 9239 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5479 | 30 Kislev 9240 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5481 | 30 Kislev 9241 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5481 | 1 Tevet 9242 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5483 | 30 Kislev 9243 |
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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