Chag HaBanot 1817 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5578

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5578 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 1814 30 Kislev 5575
Chag HaBanot 1815 30 Kislev 5576
Chag HaBanot 1816 1 Tevet 5577
Chag HaBanot 1817 30 Kislev 5578
Chag HaBanot 1818 30 Kislev 5579
Chag HaBanot 1819 30 Kislev 5580
Chag HaBanot 1820 1 Tevet 5581
Chag HaBanot 1821 30 Kislev 5582

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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