Chag HaBanot 1423 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5184

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5184 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 1420 1 Tevet 5181
Chag HaBanot 1421 30 Kislev 5182
Chag HaBanot 1422 30 Kislev 5183
Chag HaBanot 1423 30 Kislev 5184
Chag HaBanot 1424 1 Tevet 5185
Chag HaBanot 1425 30 Kislev 5186
Chag HaBanot 1426 30 Kislev 5187
Chag HaBanot 1427 30 Kislev 5188

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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