Chag HaBanot 1397 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5158

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5158 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 1394 30 Kislev 5155
Chag HaBanot 1395 30 Kislev 5156
Chag HaBanot 1396 1 Tevet 5157
Chag HaBanot 1397 30 Kislev 5158
Chag HaBanot 1398 30 Kislev 5159
Chag HaBanot 1399 30 Kislev 5160
Chag HaBanot 1400 1 Tevet 5161
Chag HaBanot 1401 30 Kislev 5162

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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