Chag HaBanot 9142 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12902
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12902 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 9139 | 1 Tevet 12899 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9140 | 30 Kislev 12900 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9141 | 30 Kislev 12901 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9142 | 30 Kislev 12902 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9143 | 1 Tevet 12903 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9144 | 30 Kislev 12904 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9145 | 30 Kislev 12905 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9146 | 30 Kislev 12906 |
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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