Chag HaBanot 1691 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5452

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5452 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 1688 30 Kislev 5449
Chag HaBanot 1689 30 Kislev 5450
Chag HaBanot 1690 30 Kislev 5451
Chag HaBanot 1691 1 Tevet 5452
Chag HaBanot 1692 30 Kislev 5453
Chag HaBanot 1693 30 Kislev 5454
Chag HaBanot 1694 30 Kislev 5455
Chag HaBanot 1695 1 Tevet 5456

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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