Chag HaBanot 522 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4283

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4283 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 519 30 Kislev 4280
Chag HaBanot 520 30 Kislev 4281
Chag HaBanot 521 30 Kislev 4282
Chag HaBanot 522 1 Tevet 4283
Chag HaBanot 523 30 Kislev 4284
Chag HaBanot 524 30 Kislev 4285
Chag HaBanot 525 30 Kislev 4286
Chag HaBanot 526 30 Kislev 4287

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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