Chag HaBanot 1559 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5320

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5320 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 1556 30 Kislev 5317
Chag HaBanot 1557 1 Tevet 5318
Chag HaBanot 1558 30 Kislev 5319
Chag HaBanot 1559 30 Kislev 5320
Chag HaBanot 1560 30 Kislev 5321
Chag HaBanot 1561 30 Kislev 5322
Chag HaBanot 1562 1 Tevet 5323
Chag HaBanot 1563 30 Kislev 5324

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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