Chag HaBanot 1417 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5178

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5178 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 1414 30 Kislev 5175
Chag HaBanot 1415 1 Tevet 5176
Chag HaBanot 1416 30 Kislev 5177
Chag HaBanot 1417 30 Kislev 5178
Chag HaBanot 1418 30 Kislev 5179
Chag HaBanot 1419 30 Kislev 5180
Chag HaBanot 1420 1 Tevet 5181
Chag HaBanot 1421 30 Kislev 5182

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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