Chag HaBanot 1455 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5216

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5216 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 1452 30 Kislev 5213
Chag HaBanot 1453 30 Kislev 5214
Chag HaBanot 1454 30 Kislev 5215
Chag HaBanot 1455 1 Tevet 5216
Chag HaBanot 1456 30 Kislev 5217
Chag HaBanot 1457 30 Kislev 5218
Chag HaBanot 1458 30 Kislev 5219
Chag HaBanot 1459 1 Tevet 5220

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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