Chag HaBanot 1209 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4970

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4970 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 1206 30 Kislev 4967
Chag HaBanot 1207 30 Kislev 4968
Chag HaBanot 1208 1 Tevet 4969
Chag HaBanot 1209 30 Kislev 4970
Chag HaBanot 1210 30 Kislev 4971
Chag HaBanot 1211 30 Kislev 4972
Chag HaBanot 1212 1 Tevet 4973
Chag HaBanot 1213 30 Kislev 4974

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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