Chag HaBanot 1856 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5617

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5617 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 1853 30 Kislev 5614
Chag HaBanot 1854 30 Kislev 5615
Chag HaBanot 1855 1 Tevet 5616
Chag HaBanot 1856 30 Kislev 5617
Chag HaBanot 1857 30 Kislev 5618
Chag HaBanot 1858 30 Kislev 5619
Chag HaBanot 1859 30 Kislev 5620
Chag HaBanot 1860 1 Tevet 5621

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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