Chag HaBanot 1285 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5046

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5046 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 1282 1 Tevet 5043
Chag HaBanot 1283 30 Kislev 5044
Chag HaBanot 1284 30 Kislev 5045
Chag HaBanot 1285 30 Kislev 5046
Chag HaBanot 1286 30 Kislev 5047
Chag HaBanot 1287 30 Kislev 5048
Chag HaBanot 1288 1 Tevet 5049
Chag HaBanot 1289 30 Kislev 5050

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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