Chag HaBanot 2051 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5812

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5812 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 2048 30 Kislev 5809
Chag HaBanot 2049 30 Kislev 5810
Chag HaBanot 2050 30 Kislev 5811
Chag HaBanot 2051 1 Tevet 5812
Chag HaBanot 2052 30 Kislev 5813
Chag HaBanot 2053 30 Kislev 5814
Chag HaBanot 2054 30 Kislev 5815
Chag HaBanot 2055 30 Kislev 5816

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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