Chag HaBanot 1218 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4979

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4979 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 1215 30 Kislev 4976
Chag HaBanot 1216 30 Kislev 4977
Chag HaBanot 1217 1 Tevet 4978
Chag HaBanot 1218 30 Kislev 4979
Chag HaBanot 1219 30 Kislev 4980
Chag HaBanot 1220 1 Tevet 4981
Chag HaBanot 1221 30 Kislev 4982
Chag HaBanot 1222 30 Kislev 4983

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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