Chag HaBanot 1311 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5072

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5072 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 1308 30 Kislev 5069
Chag HaBanot 1309 30 Kislev 5070
Chag HaBanot 1310 1 Tevet 5071
Chag HaBanot 1311 30 Kislev 5072
Chag HaBanot 1312 30 Kislev 5073
Chag HaBanot 1313 30 Kislev 5074
Chag HaBanot 1314 30 Kislev 5075
Chag HaBanot 1315 1 Tevet 5076

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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