Chag HaBanot 1318 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5079

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5079 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 1315 1 Tevet 5076
Chag HaBanot 1316 30 Kislev 5077
Chag HaBanot 1317 30 Kislev 5078
Chag HaBanot 1318 1 Tevet 5079
Chag HaBanot 1319 30 Kislev 5080
Chag HaBanot 1320 30 Kislev 5081
Chag HaBanot 1321 30 Kislev 5082
Chag HaBanot 1322 1 Tevet 5083

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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