Chag HaBanot 1329 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5090

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5090 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 1326 1 Tevet 5087
Chag HaBanot 1327 30 Kislev 5088
Chag HaBanot 1328 30 Kislev 5089
Chag HaBanot 1329 30 Kislev 5090
Chag HaBanot 1330 1 Tevet 5091
Chag HaBanot 1331 30 Kislev 5092
Chag HaBanot 1332 30 Kislev 5093
Chag HaBanot 1333 30 Kislev 5094

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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