Chag HaBanot 1582 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5343

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5343 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 1579 30 Kislev 5340
Chag HaBanot 1580 1 Tevet 5341
Chag HaBanot 1581 30 Kislev 5342
Chag HaBanot 1582 30 Kislev 5343
Chag HaBanot 1583 30 Kislev 5344
Chag HaBanot 1584 1 Tevet 5345
Chag HaBanot 1585 30 Kislev 5346
Chag HaBanot 1586 30 Kislev 5347

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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