Chag HaBanot 1273 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5034

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5034 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 1270 30 Kislev 5031
Chag HaBanot 1271 30 Kislev 5032
Chag HaBanot 1272 1 Tevet 5033
Chag HaBanot 1273 30 Kislev 5034
Chag HaBanot 1274 30 Kislev 5035
Chag HaBanot 1275 1 Tevet 5036
Chag HaBanot 1276 30 Kislev 5037
Chag HaBanot 1277 30 Kislev 5038

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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