Chag HaBanot 1590 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5351

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5351 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 1587 30 Kislev 5348
Chag HaBanot 1588 30 Kislev 5349
Chag HaBanot 1589 1 Tevet 5350
Chag HaBanot 1590 30 Kislev 5351
Chag HaBanot 1591 30 Kislev 5352
Chag HaBanot 1592 30 Kislev 5353
Chag HaBanot 1593 1 Tevet 5354
Chag HaBanot 1594 30 Kislev 5355

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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