Chag HaBanot 1246 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5007

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5007 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 1243 30 Kislev 5004
Chag HaBanot 1244 1 Tevet 5005
Chag HaBanot 1245 30 Kislev 5006
Chag HaBanot 1246 30 Kislev 5007
Chag HaBanot 1247 1 Tevet 5008
Chag HaBanot 1248 30 Kislev 5009
Chag HaBanot 1249 30 Kislev 5010
Chag HaBanot 1250 30 Kislev 5011

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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