Chag HaBanot 1406 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5167

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5167 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 1403 30 Kislev 5164
Chag HaBanot 1404 1 Tevet 5165
Chag HaBanot 1405 30 Kislev 5166
Chag HaBanot 1406 30 Kislev 5167
Chag HaBanot 1407 30 Kislev 5168
Chag HaBanot 1408 1 Tevet 5169
Chag HaBanot 1409 30 Kislev 5170
Chag HaBanot 1410 30 Kislev 5171

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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