Chag HaBanot 2044 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5805

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5805 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 2041 30 Kislev 5802
Chag HaBanot 2042 30 Kislev 5803
Chag HaBanot 2043 1 Tevet 5804
Chag HaBanot 2044 30 Kislev 5805
Chag HaBanot 2045 30 Kislev 5806
Chag HaBanot 2046 30 Kislev 5807
Chag HaBanot 2047 1 Tevet 5808
Chag HaBanot 2048 30 Kislev 5809

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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