Chag HaBanot 1549 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5310

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5310 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 1546 1 Tevet 5307
Chag HaBanot 1547 30 Kislev 5308
Chag HaBanot 1548 30 Kislev 5309
Chag HaBanot 1549 1 Tevet 5310
Chag HaBanot 1550 30 Kislev 5311
Chag HaBanot 1551 30 Kislev 5312
Chag HaBanot 1552 30 Kislev 5313
Chag HaBanot 1553 1 Tevet 5314

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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