Chag HaBanot 1627 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5388

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5388 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 1624 1 Tevet 5385
Chag HaBanot 1625 30 Kislev 5386
Chag HaBanot 1626 30 Kislev 5387
Chag HaBanot 1627 1 Tevet 5388
Chag HaBanot 1628 30 Kislev 5389
Chag HaBanot 1629 30 Kislev 5390
Chag HaBanot 1630 30 Kislev 5391
Chag HaBanot 1631 30 Kislev 5392

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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