Chag HaBanot 1484 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5245

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5245 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 1481 30 Kislev 5242
Chag HaBanot 1482 1 Tevet 5243
Chag HaBanot 1483 30 Kislev 5244
Chag HaBanot 1484 30 Kislev 5245
Chag HaBanot 1485 30 Kislev 5246
Chag HaBanot 1486 1 Tevet 5247
Chag HaBanot 1487 30 Kislev 5248
Chag HaBanot 1488 30 Kislev 5249

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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