Chag HaBanot 1568 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5329

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5329 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 1565 1 Tevet 5326
Chag HaBanot 1566 30 Kislev 5327
Chag HaBanot 1567 30 Kislev 5328
Chag HaBanot 1568 30 Kislev 5329
Chag HaBanot 1569 1 Tevet 5330
Chag HaBanot 1570 30 Kislev 5331
Chag HaBanot 1571 30 Kislev 5332
Chag HaBanot 1572 30 Kislev 5333

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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