Chag HaBanot 1299 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5060

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5060 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 1296 30 Kislev 5057
Chag HaBanot 1297 30 Kislev 5058
Chag HaBanot 1298 30 Kislev 5059
Chag HaBanot 1299 1 Tevet 5060
Chag HaBanot 1300 30 Kislev 5061
Chag HaBanot 1301 30 Kislev 5062
Chag HaBanot 1302 1 Tevet 5063
Chag HaBanot 1303 30 Kislev 5064

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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