Chag HaBanot 511 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4272

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4272 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 508 30 Kislev 4269
Chag HaBanot 509 30 Kislev 4270
Chag HaBanot 510 30 Kislev 4271
Chag HaBanot 511 1 Tevet 4272
Chag HaBanot 512 30 Kislev 4273
Chag HaBanot 513 30 Kislev 4274
Chag HaBanot 514 1 Tevet 4275
Chag HaBanot 515 30 Kislev 4276

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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