Chag HaBanot 2137 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5898

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5898 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 2134 1 Tevet 5895
Chag HaBanot 2135 30 Kislev 5896
Chag HaBanot 2136 30 Kislev 5897
Chag HaBanot 2137 1 Tevet 5898
Chag HaBanot 2138 30 Kislev 5899
Chag HaBanot 2139 30 Kislev 5900
Chag HaBanot 2140 30 Kislev 5901
Chag HaBanot 2141 1 Tevet 5902

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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