Chag HaBanot 1253 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5014

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5014 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 1250 30 Kislev 5011
Chag HaBanot 1251 1 Tevet 5012
Chag HaBanot 1252 30 Kislev 5013
Chag HaBanot 1253 30 Kislev 5014
Chag HaBanot 1254 30 Kislev 5015
Chag HaBanot 1255 1 Tevet 5016
Chag HaBanot 1256 30 Kislev 5017
Chag HaBanot 1257 30 Kislev 5018

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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