Chag HaBanot 1868 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5629

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5629 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 1865 30 Kislev 5626
Chag HaBanot 1866 30 Kislev 5627
Chag HaBanot 1867 1 Tevet 5628
Chag HaBanot 1868 30 Kislev 5629
Chag HaBanot 1869 30 Kislev 5630
Chag HaBanot 1870 30 Kislev 5631
Chag HaBanot 1871 1 Tevet 5632
Chag HaBanot 1872 30 Kislev 5633

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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