Chag HaBanot 1527 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5288

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5288 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 1524 30 Kislev 5285
Chag HaBanot 1525 30 Kislev 5286
Chag HaBanot 1526 1 Tevet 5287
Chag HaBanot 1527 30 Kislev 5288
Chag HaBanot 1528 30 Kislev 5289
Chag HaBanot 1529 1 Tevet 5290
Chag HaBanot 1530 30 Kislev 5291
Chag HaBanot 1531 30 Kislev 5292

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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