Chag HaBanot 1261 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5022

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5022 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 1258 30 Kislev 5019
Chag HaBanot 1259 1 Tevet 5020
Chag HaBanot 1260 30 Kislev 5021
Chag HaBanot 1261 30 Kislev 5022
Chag HaBanot 1262 30 Kislev 5023
Chag HaBanot 1263 1 Tevet 5024
Chag HaBanot 1264 30 Kislev 5025
Chag HaBanot 1265 30 Kislev 5026

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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