Chag HaBanot 1076 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4837

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4837 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 1073 30 Kislev 4834
Chag HaBanot 1074 30 Kislev 4835
Chag HaBanot 1075 1 Tevet 4836
Chag HaBanot 1076 30 Kislev 4837
Chag HaBanot 1077 30 Kislev 4838
Chag HaBanot 1078 30 Kislev 4839
Chag HaBanot 1079 1 Tevet 4840
Chag HaBanot 1080 30 Kislev 4841

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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