Chag HaBanot 1356 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5117

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5117 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 1353 1 Tevet 5114
Chag HaBanot 1354 30 Kislev 5115
Chag HaBanot 1355 30 Kislev 5116
Chag HaBanot 1356 30 Kislev 5117
Chag HaBanot 1357 1 Tevet 5118
Chag HaBanot 1358 30 Kislev 5119
Chag HaBanot 1359 30 Kislev 5120
Chag HaBanot 1360 30 Kislev 5121

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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