Chag HaBanot 9859 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13619
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13619 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 9856 | 1 Tevet 13616 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9857 | 30 Kislev 13617 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9858 | 30 Kislev 13618 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9859 | 30 Kislev 13619 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9860 | 1 Tevet 13620 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9861 | 30 Kislev 13621 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9862 | 30 Kislev 13622 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9863 | 1 Tevet 13623 |
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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