Chag HaBanot 1494 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5255

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5255 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 1491 1 Tevet 5252
Chag HaBanot 1492 30 Kislev 5253
Chag HaBanot 1493 30 Kislev 5254
Chag HaBanot 1494 1 Tevet 5255
Chag HaBanot 1495 30 Kislev 5256
Chag HaBanot 1496 30 Kislev 5257
Chag HaBanot 1497 30 Kislev 5258
Chag HaBanot 1498 1 Tevet 5259

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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