Chag HaBanot 1371 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5132

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5132 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 1368 30 Kislev 5129
Chag HaBanot 1369 1 Tevet 5130
Chag HaBanot 1370 30 Kislev 5131
Chag HaBanot 1371 30 Kislev 5132
Chag HaBanot 1372 30 Kislev 5133
Chag HaBanot 1373 1 Tevet 5134
Chag HaBanot 1374 30 Kislev 5135
Chag HaBanot 1375 30 Kislev 5136

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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