Chag HaBanot 2060 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5821
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5821 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 2057 | 30 Kislev 5818 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2058 | 30 Kislev 5819 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2059 | 1 Tevet 5820 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2060 | 30 Kislev 5821 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2061 | 30 Kislev 5822 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2062 | 30 Kislev 5823 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2063 | 1 Tevet 5824 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 2064 | 30 Kislev 5825 |
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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