Chag HaBanot 1665 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5426

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5426 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 1662 1 Tevet 5423
Chag HaBanot 1663 30 Kislev 5424
Chag HaBanot 1664 30 Kislev 5425
Chag HaBanot 1665 30 Kislev 5426
Chag HaBanot 1666 30 Kislev 5427
Chag HaBanot 1667 1 Tevet 5428
Chag HaBanot 1668 30 Kislev 5429
Chag HaBanot 1669 30 Kislev 5430

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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