Chag HaBanot 1620 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5381

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5381 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 1617 30 Kislev 5378
Chag HaBanot 1618 30 Kislev 5379
Chag HaBanot 1619 30 Kislev 5380
Chag HaBanot 1620 1 Tevet 5381
Chag HaBanot 1621 30 Kislev 5382
Chag HaBanot 1622 30 Kislev 5383
Chag HaBanot 1623 30 Kislev 5384
Chag HaBanot 1624 1 Tevet 5385

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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