Chag HaBanot 240 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4001

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4001 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 237 30 Kislev 3998
Chag HaBanot 238 30 Kislev 3999
Chag HaBanot 239 30 Kislev 4000
Chag HaBanot 240 1 Tevet 4001
Chag HaBanot 241 30 Kislev 4002
Chag HaBanot 242 30 Kislev 4003
Chag HaBanot 243 30 Kislev 4004
Chag HaBanot 244 1 Tevet 4005

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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