Chag HaBanot 1024 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4785

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4785 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 1021 1 Tevet 4782
Chag HaBanot 1022 30 Kislev 4783
Chag HaBanot 1023 30 Kislev 4784
Chag HaBanot 1024 30 Kislev 4785
Chag HaBanot 1025 1 Tevet 4786
Chag HaBanot 1026 30 Kislev 4787
Chag HaBanot 1027 30 Kislev 4788
Chag HaBanot 1028 1 Tevet 4789

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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