Chag HaBanot 5728 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9488
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9488 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 5725 | 1 Tevet 9485 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5725 | 30 Kislev 9486 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5726 | 30 Kislev 9487 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5728 | 30 Kislev 9488 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5728 | 1 Tevet 9489 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5730 | 30 Kislev 9490 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5731 | 30 Kislev 9491 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5731 | 1 Tevet 9492 |
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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