Chag HaBanot 1645 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5406

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5406 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 1642 30 Kislev 5403
Chag HaBanot 1643 1 Tevet 5404
Chag HaBanot 1644 30 Kislev 5405
Chag HaBanot 1645 30 Kislev 5406
Chag HaBanot 1646 30 Kislev 5407
Chag HaBanot 1647 1 Tevet 5408
Chag HaBanot 1648 30 Kislev 5409
Chag HaBanot 1649 30 Kislev 5410

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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