Chag HaBanot 1597 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5358

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5358 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 1594 30 Kislev 5355
Chag HaBanot 1595 30 Kislev 5356
Chag HaBanot 1596 30 Kislev 5357
Chag HaBanot 1597 1 Tevet 5358
Chag HaBanot 1598 30 Kislev 5359
Chag HaBanot 1599 30 Kislev 5360
Chag HaBanot 1600 1 Tevet 5361
Chag HaBanot 1601 30 Kislev 5362

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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