Chag HaBanot 5547 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9308
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9308 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 5544 | 30 Kislev 9304 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5544 | 1 Tevet 9305 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5546 | 30 Kislev 9306 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5546 | 30 Kislev 9307 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5547 | 30 Kislev 9308 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5549 | 1 Tevet 9309 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5549 | 30 Kislev 9310 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5551 | 30 Kislev 9311 |
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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