Chag HaBanot 1012 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4773

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4773 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 1009 30 Kislev 4770
Chag HaBanot 1010 30 Kislev 4771
Chag HaBanot 1011 30 Kislev 4772
Chag HaBanot 1012 1 Tevet 4773
Chag HaBanot 1013 30 Kislev 4774
Chag HaBanot 1014 30 Kislev 4775
Chag HaBanot 1015 30 Kislev 4776
Chag HaBanot 1016 1 Tevet 4777

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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