Chag HaBanot 252 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4013

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4013 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 249 30 Kislev 4010
Chag HaBanot 250 30 Kislev 4011
Chag HaBanot 251 1 Tevet 4012
Chag HaBanot 252 30 Kislev 4013
Chag HaBanot 253 30 Kislev 4014
Chag HaBanot 254 30 Kislev 4015
Chag HaBanot 255 30 Kislev 4016
Chag HaBanot 256 1 Tevet 4017

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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