Chag HaBanot 2088 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5849

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5849 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 2085 30 Kislev 5846
Chag HaBanot 2086 1 Tevet 5847
Chag HaBanot 2087 30 Kislev 5848
Chag HaBanot 2088 30 Kislev 5849
Chag HaBanot 2089 30 Kislev 5850
Chag HaBanot 2090 1 Tevet 5851
Chag HaBanot 2091 30 Kislev 5852
Chag HaBanot 2092 30 Kislev 5853

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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