Chag HaBanot 2134 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5895

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5895 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 2131 30 Kislev 5892
Chag HaBanot 2132 30 Kislev 5893
Chag HaBanot 2133 30 Kislev 5894
Chag HaBanot 2134 1 Tevet 5895
Chag HaBanot 2135 30 Kislev 5896
Chag HaBanot 2136 30 Kislev 5897
Chag HaBanot 2137 1 Tevet 5898

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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