Chag HaBanot 1472 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5233

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5233 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 1469 30 Kislev 5230
Chag HaBanot 1470 30 Kislev 5231
Chag HaBanot 1471 1 Tevet 5232
Chag HaBanot 1472 30 Kislev 5233
Chag HaBanot 1473 30 Kislev 5234
Chag HaBanot 1474 30 Kislev 5235
Chag HaBanot 1475 1 Tevet 5236
Chag HaBanot 1476 30 Kislev 5237

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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