Chag HaBanot 1489 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5250

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5250 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 1486 1 Tevet 5247
Chag HaBanot 1487 30 Kislev 5248
Chag HaBanot 1488 30 Kislev 5249
Chag HaBanot 1489 30 Kislev 5250
Chag HaBanot 1490 30 Kislev 5251
Chag HaBanot 1491 1 Tevet 5252
Chag HaBanot 1492 30 Kislev 5253
Chag HaBanot 1493 30 Kislev 5254

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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