Chag HaBanot 1827 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5588

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5588 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 1824 30 Kislev 5585
Chag HaBanot 1825 30 Kislev 5586
Chag HaBanot 1826 30 Kislev 5587
Chag HaBanot 1827 1 Tevet 5588
Chag HaBanot 1828 30 Kislev 5589
Chag HaBanot 1829 30 Kislev 5590
Chag HaBanot 1830 30 Kislev 5591
Chag HaBanot 1831 1 Tevet 5592

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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