Chag HaBanot 1390 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5151

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5151 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 1387 30 Kislev 5148
Chag HaBanot 1388 1 Tevet 5149
Chag HaBanot 1389 30 Kislev 5150
Chag HaBanot 1390 30 Kislev 5151
Chag HaBanot 1391 30 Kislev 5152
Chag HaBanot 1392 30 Kislev 5153
Chag HaBanot 1393 1 Tevet 5154
Chag HaBanot 1394 30 Kislev 5155

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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