Chag HaBanot 2078 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5839

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5839 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 2075 30 Kislev 5836
Chag HaBanot 2076 30 Kislev 5837
Chag HaBanot 2077 30 Kislev 5838
Chag HaBanot 2078 1 Tevet 5839
Chag HaBanot 2079 30 Kislev 5840
Chag HaBanot 2080 30 Kislev 5841
Chag HaBanot 2081 30 Kislev 5842
Chag HaBanot 2082 30 Kislev 5843

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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