Chag HaBanot 1047 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4808

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4808 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 1044 1 Tevet 4805
Chag HaBanot 1045 30 Kislev 4806
Chag HaBanot 1046 30 Kislev 4807
Chag HaBanot 1047 30 Kislev 4808
Chag HaBanot 1048 1 Tevet 4809
Chag HaBanot 1049 30 Kislev 4810
Chag HaBanot 1050 30 Kislev 4811
Chag HaBanot 1051 30 Kislev 4812

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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