Chag HaBanot 1434 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5195

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5195 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 1431 30 Kislev 5192
Chag HaBanot 1432 1 Tevet 5193
Chag HaBanot 1433 30 Kislev 5194
Chag HaBanot 1434 30 Kislev 5195
Chag HaBanot 1435 1 Tevet 5196
Chag HaBanot 1436 30 Kislev 5197
Chag HaBanot 1437 30 Kislev 5198
Chag HaBanot 1438 30 Kislev 5199

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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