Chag HaBanot 1703 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5464

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5464 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 1700 30 Kislev 5461
Chag HaBanot 1701 30 Kislev 5462
Chag HaBanot 1702 1 Tevet 5463
Chag HaBanot 1703 30 Kislev 5464
Chag HaBanot 1704 30 Kislev 5465
Chag HaBanot 1705 30 Kislev 5466
Chag HaBanot 1706 1 Tevet 5467
Chag HaBanot 1707 30 Kislev 5468

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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