Chag HaBanot 1611 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5372

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5372 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 1608 1 Tevet 5369
Chag HaBanot 1609 30 Kislev 5370
Chag HaBanot 1610 30 Kislev 5371
Chag HaBanot 1611 30 Kislev 5372
Chag HaBanot 1612 30 Kislev 5373
Chag HaBanot 1613 1 Tevet 5374
Chag HaBanot 1614 30 Kislev 5375
Chag HaBanot 1615 30 Kislev 5376

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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