Chag HaBanot 1894 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5655

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5655 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 1891 30 Kislev 5652
Chag HaBanot 1892 30 Kislev 5653
Chag HaBanot 1893 30 Kislev 5654
Chag HaBanot 1894 1 Tevet 5655
Chag HaBanot 1895 30 Kislev 5656
Chag HaBanot 1896 30 Kislev 5657
Chag HaBanot 1897 30 Kislev 5658
Chag HaBanot 1898 1 Tevet 5659

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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