Chag HaBanot 1346 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5107

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5107 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 1343 30 Kislev 5104
Chag HaBanot 1344 30 Kislev 5105
Chag HaBanot 1345 30 Kislev 5106
Chag HaBanot 1346 1 Tevet 5107
Chag HaBanot 1347 30 Kislev 5108
Chag HaBanot 1348 30 Kislev 5109
Chag HaBanot 1349 30 Kislev 5110
Chag HaBanot 1350 1 Tevet 5111

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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