Chag HaBanot 233 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3994

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3994 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 230 30 Kislev 3991
Chag HaBanot 231 30 Kislev 3992
Chag HaBanot 232 1 Tevet 3993
Chag HaBanot 233 30 Kislev 3994
Chag HaBanot 234 30 Kislev 3995
Chag HaBanot 235 30 Kislev 3996
Chag HaBanot 236 1 Tevet 3997
Chag HaBanot 237 30 Kislev 3998

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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