Chag HaBanot 529 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4290

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4290 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 526 30 Kislev 4287
Chag HaBanot 527 1 Tevet 4288
Chag HaBanot 528 30 Kislev 4289
Chag HaBanot 529 30 Kislev 4290
Chag HaBanot 530 30 Kislev 4291
Chag HaBanot 531 1 Tevet 4292
Chag HaBanot 532 30 Kislev 4293
Chag HaBanot 533 30 Kislev 4294

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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