Chag HaBanot 1844 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5605

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5605 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 1841 30 Kislev 5602
Chag HaBanot 1842 30 Kislev 5603
Chag HaBanot 1843 30 Kislev 5604
Chag HaBanot 1844 1 Tevet 5605
Chag HaBanot 1845 30 Kislev 5606
Chag HaBanot 1846 30 Kislev 5607
Chag HaBanot 1847 1 Tevet 5608
Chag HaBanot 1848 30 Kislev 5609

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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