Chag HaBanot 1306 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5067

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5067 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 1303 30 Kislev 5064
Chag HaBanot 1304 30 Kislev 5065
Chag HaBanot 1305 30 Kislev 5066
Chag HaBanot 1306 1 Tevet 5067
Chag HaBanot 1307 30 Kislev 5068
Chag HaBanot 1308 30 Kislev 5069
Chag HaBanot 1309 30 Kislev 5070
Chag HaBanot 1310 1 Tevet 5071

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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