Chag HaBanot 1715 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5476

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5476 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 1712 30 Kislev 5473
Chag HaBanot 1713 30 Kislev 5474
Chag HaBanot 1714 1 Tevet 5475
Chag HaBanot 1715 30 Kislev 5476
Chag HaBanot 1716 30 Kislev 5477
Chag HaBanot 1717 30 Kislev 5478
Chag HaBanot 1718 1 Tevet 5479
Chag HaBanot 1719 30 Kislev 5480

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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