Chag HaBanot 1763 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5524

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5524 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 1760 1 Tevet 5521
Chag HaBanot 1761 30 Kislev 5522
Chag HaBanot 1762 30 Kislev 5523
Chag HaBanot 1763 30 Kislev 5524
Chag HaBanot 1764 30 Kislev 5525
Chag HaBanot 1765 1 Tevet 5526
Chag HaBanot 1766 30 Kislev 5527
Chag HaBanot 1767 30 Kislev 5528

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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