Chag HaBanot 5490 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9251
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9251 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 5486 | 30 Kislev 9247 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5487 | 30 Kislev 9248 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5489 | 30 Kislev 9249 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5489 | 30 Kislev 9250 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5490 | 1 Tevet 9251 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5492 | 30 Kislev 9252 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5492 | 1 Tevet 9253 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5494 | 30 Kislev 9254 |
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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