Chag HaBanot 1637 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5398

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5398 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 1634 30 Kislev 5395
Chag HaBanot 1635 1 Tevet 5396
Chag HaBanot 1636 30 Kislev 5397
Chag HaBanot 1637 30 Kislev 5398
Chag HaBanot 1638 30 Kislev 5399
Chag HaBanot 1639 30 Kislev 5400
Chag HaBanot 1640 1 Tevet 5401
Chag HaBanot 1641 30 Kislev 5402

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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