Chag HaBanot 5636 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9396
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9396 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 5633 | 30 Kislev 9393 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5633 | 1 Tevet 9394 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5635 | 30 Kislev 9395 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5636 | 30 Kislev 9396 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5636 | 30 Kislev 9397 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5638 | 30 Kislev 9398 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5639 | 30 Kislev 9399 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5639 | 1 Tevet 9400 |
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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