Chag HaBanot 1006 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4767

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4767 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 1003 30 Kislev 4764
Chag HaBanot 1004 30 Kislev 4765
Chag HaBanot 1005 1 Tevet 4766
Chag HaBanot 1006 30 Kislev 4767
Chag HaBanot 1007 30 Kislev 4768
Chag HaBanot 1008 1 Tevet 4769
Chag HaBanot 1009 30 Kislev 4770
Chag HaBanot 1010 30 Kislev 4771

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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