Chag HaBanot 1804 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5565

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5565 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 1801 30 Kislev 5562
Chag HaBanot 1802 30 Kislev 5563
Chag HaBanot 1803 30 Kislev 5564
Chag HaBanot 1804 1 Tevet 5565
Chag HaBanot 1805 30 Kislev 5566
Chag HaBanot 1806 30 Kislev 5567
Chag HaBanot 1807 30 Kislev 5568
Chag HaBanot 1808 30 Kislev 5569

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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