Chag HaBanot 1382 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5143

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5143 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 1379 30 Kislev 5140
Chag HaBanot 1380 1 Tevet 5141
Chag HaBanot 1381 30 Kislev 5142
Chag HaBanot 1382 30 Kislev 5143
Chag HaBanot 1383 30 Kislev 5144
Chag HaBanot 1384 30 Kislev 5145
Chag HaBanot 1385 30 Kislev 5146
Chag HaBanot 1386 1 Tevet 5147

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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