Chag HaBanot 223 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3984

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3984 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 220 1 Tevet 3981
Chag HaBanot 221 30 Kislev 3982
Chag HaBanot 222 30 Kislev 3983
Chag HaBanot 223 30 Kislev 3984
Chag HaBanot 224 1 Tevet 3985
Chag HaBanot 225 30 Kislev 3986
Chag HaBanot 226 30 Kislev 3987
Chag HaBanot 227 30 Kislev 3988

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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