Chag HaBanot 5889 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 9650
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 9650 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 5886 | 30 Kislev 9646 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5886 | 30 Kislev 9647 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5888 | 30 Kislev 9648 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5888 | 30 Kislev 9649 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5889 | 1 Tevet 9650 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5891 | 30 Kislev 9651 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5891 | 30 Kislev 9652 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 5893 | 30 Kislev 9653 |
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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