Chag HaBanot 1240 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5001

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5001 began on and ended 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 1237 30 Kislev 4998
Chag HaBanot 1238 30 Kislev 4999
Chag HaBanot 1239 1 Tevet 5000
Chag HaBanot 1240 30 Kislev 5001
Chag HaBanot 1241 30 Kislev 5002
Chag HaBanot 1242 30 Kislev 5003
Chag HaBanot 1243 30 Kislev 5004
Chag HaBanot 1244 1 Tevet 5005

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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