Chag HaBanot 2016 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5777
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5777 began on and ended 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 2013 | 30 Kislev 5774 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2014 | 30 Kislev 5775 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2015 | 30 Kislev 5776 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2016 | 1 Tevet 5777 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2017 | 30 Kislev 5778 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2018 | 30 Kislev 5779 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2019 | 30 Kislev 5780 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2020 | 1 Tevet 5781 |
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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