Chag HaBanot 1720 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5481

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5481 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 1717 30 Kislev 5478
Chag HaBanot 1718 1 Tevet 5479
Chag HaBanot 1719 30 Kislev 5480
Chag HaBanot 1720 30 Kislev 5481
Chag HaBanot 1721 30 Kislev 5482
Chag HaBanot 1722 1 Tevet 5483
Chag HaBanot 1723 30 Kislev 5484
Chag HaBanot 1724 30 Kislev 5485

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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