Chag HaBanot 1466 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5227

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5227 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 1463 30 Kislev 5224
Chag HaBanot 1464 1 Tevet 5225
Chag HaBanot 1465 30 Kislev 5226
Chag HaBanot 1466 30 Kislev 5227
Chag HaBanot 1467 1 Tevet 5228
Chag HaBanot 1468 30 Kislev 5229
Chag HaBanot 1469 30 Kislev 5230
Chag HaBanot 1470 30 Kislev 5231

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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