Chag HaBanot 551 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4312

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4312 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 548 30 Kislev 4309
Chag HaBanot 549 30 Kislev 4310
Chag HaBanot 550 1 Tevet 4311
Chag HaBanot 551 30 Kislev 4312
Chag HaBanot 552 30 Kislev 4313
Chag HaBanot 553 30 Kislev 4314
Chag HaBanot 554 1 Tevet 4315
Chag HaBanot 555 30 Kislev 4316

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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