Chag HaBanot 1881 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5642

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5642 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 1878 30 Kislev 5639
Chag HaBanot 1879 30 Kislev 5640
Chag HaBanot 1880 1 Tevet 5641
Chag HaBanot 1881 30 Kislev 5642
Chag HaBanot 1882 1 Tevet 5643
Chag HaBanot 1883 30 Kislev 5644
Chag HaBanot 1884 30 Kislev 5645
Chag HaBanot 1885 30 Kislev 5646

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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