Chag HaBanot 5562 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9322
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9322 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 5559 | 30 Kislev 9319 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5560 | 1 Tevet 9320 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5560 | 30 Kislev 9321 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5562 | 30 Kislev 9322 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5563 | 30 Kislev 9323 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5563 | 1 Tevet 9324 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5565 | 30 Kislev 9325 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5565 | 30 Kislev 9326 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5566 | 30 Kislev 9327 |
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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