Chag HaBanot 1481 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5242

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5242 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 1478 1 Tevet 5239
Chag HaBanot 1479 30 Kislev 5240
Chag HaBanot 1480 30 Kislev 5241
Chag HaBanot 1481 30 Kislev 5242
Chag HaBanot 1482 1 Tevet 5243
Chag HaBanot 1483 30 Kislev 5244
Chag HaBanot 1484 30 Kislev 5245
Chag HaBanot 1485 30 Kislev 5246

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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