Chag HaBanot 1850 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5611

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5611 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 1847 1 Tevet 5608
Chag HaBanot 1848 30 Kislev 5609
Chag HaBanot 1849 30 Kislev 5610
Chag HaBanot 1850 30 Kislev 5611
Chag HaBanot 1851 1 Tevet 5612
Chag HaBanot 1852 30 Kislev 5613
Chag HaBanot 1853 30 Kislev 5614
Chag HaBanot 1854 30 Kislev 5615

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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