Chag HaBanot 1440 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5201

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5201 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 1437 30 Kislev 5198
Chag HaBanot 1438 30 Kislev 5199
Chag HaBanot 1439 30 Kislev 5200
Chag HaBanot 1440 1 Tevet 5201
Chag HaBanot 1441 30 Kislev 5202
Chag HaBanot 1442 30 Kislev 5203
Chag HaBanot 1443 30 Kislev 5204
Chag HaBanot 1444 1 Tevet 5205

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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