Chag HaBanot 1520 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5281

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5281 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 1517 30 Kislev 5278
Chag HaBanot 1518 30 Kislev 5279
Chag HaBanot 1519 1 Tevet 5280
Chag HaBanot 1520 30 Kislev 5281
Chag HaBanot 1521 30 Kislev 5282
Chag HaBanot 1522 1 Tevet 5283
Chag HaBanot 1523 30 Kislev 5284
Chag HaBanot 1524 30 Kislev 5285

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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