Chag HaBanot 1515 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5276

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5276 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 1512 30 Kislev 5273
Chag HaBanot 1513 30 Kislev 5274
Chag HaBanot 1514 30 Kislev 5275
Chag HaBanot 1515 1 Tevet 5276
Chag HaBanot 1516 30 Kislev 5277
Chag HaBanot 1517 30 Kislev 5278
Chag HaBanot 1518 30 Kislev 5279
Chag HaBanot 1519 1 Tevet 5280

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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