Chag HaBanot 5756 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9517
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9517 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 5753 | 30 Kislev 9513 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5753 | 30 Kislev 9514 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5755 | 30 Kislev 9515 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5755 | 1 Tevet 9516 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5756 | 30 Kislev 9517 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5758 | 30 Kislev 9518 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5758 | 1 Tevet 9519 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5760 | 30 Kislev 9520 |
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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