Chag HaBanot 5630 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9390
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9390 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 5627 | 1 Tevet 9387 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5628 | 30 Kislev 9388 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5628 | 30 Kislev 9389 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5630 | 30 Kislev 9390 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5630 | 1 Tevet 9391 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5631 | 30 Kislev 9392 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5633 | 30 Kislev 9393 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5633 | 1 Tevet 9394 |
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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