Chag HaBanot 5619 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9379
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9379 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 5616 | 30 Kislev 9376 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5617 | 30 Kislev 9377 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5617 | 1 Tevet 9378 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5619 | 30 Kislev 9379 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5620 | 30 Kislev 9380 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5620 | 30 Kislev 9381 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5622 | 30 Kislev 9382 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5622 | 1 Tevet 9383 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5623 | 30 Kislev 9384 |
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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