Chag HaBanot 1502 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5263

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5263 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 1499 30 Kislev 5260
Chag HaBanot 1500 30 Kislev 5261
Chag HaBanot 1501 30 Kislev 5262
Chag HaBanot 1502 1 Tevet 5263
Chag HaBanot 1503 30 Kislev 5264
Chag HaBanot 1504 30 Kislev 5265
Chag HaBanot 1505 30 Kislev 5266
Chag HaBanot 1506 1 Tevet 5267

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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