Chag HaBanot 1542 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5303

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5303 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 1539 30 Kislev 5300
Chag HaBanot 1540 30 Kislev 5301
Chag HaBanot 1541 30 Kislev 5302
Chag HaBanot 1542 1 Tevet 5303
Chag HaBanot 1543 30 Kislev 5304
Chag HaBanot 1544 30 Kislev 5305
Chag HaBanot 1545 30 Kislev 5306
Chag HaBanot 1546 1 Tevet 5307

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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