Chag HaBanot 1294 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5055

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5055 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 1291 1 Tevet 5052
Chag HaBanot 1292 30 Kislev 5053
Chag HaBanot 1293 30 Kislev 5054
Chag HaBanot 1294 30 Kislev 5055
Chag HaBanot 1295 1 Tevet 5056
Chag HaBanot 1296 30 Kislev 5057
Chag HaBanot 1297 30 Kislev 5058
Chag HaBanot 1298 30 Kislev 5059

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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